In Office Hours
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3.8 • 8 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Kellaway's keen observations on the way in which affairs move from state-to-state are a masterclass on office love, bringing to life both the excitement of illicit romance and the ridiculousness of business behavior
Stella and Bella are two intelligent working women who each fall for impossible lovers—at work.
Equal parts intelligent, funny, moving, and agonizing, In Office Hours will resonate with any woman who has ever worked in an office—or been in love. Kellaway hits a real nerve with her depictions of how people come to get into the emotional messes that we do—and how very difficult it is to get out again.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two women on other sides of a generational divide fall into ill-advised workplace romances in British business journalist Kellaway's latest water-cooler romp (after The Real Office). Twenty-something single mother Bella and married 40-something exec Stella slide down the slippery slope from self-deluded temptation ("it's just a fantasy," says Bella of her attraction to her balding, philandering boss, James) to slow dancing around the photocopier, as Stella dreams she does with her boyish, working-class Welsh crush. Of course, disaster looms for all involved, and while the stories sometimes take on the predestined feel of case studies, Kellaway manages a consistently funny tone as her characters handle romantic fallout in generation-appropriate fashion and confirm what they already know: too often, it's the woman who pays the price.
Customer Reviews
In Office Hours
Good story with useful guidance on handling an office affair.