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Chicken Nugget Girl
Paperback
Publisher Price: $14.99
Publisher: USA Publishing Hub
Published: Sep 18 2025
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Chicken Nugget Girl and Other Midlife Traumas
By Kate Torode
Mallory Reynolds is not okay. At thirty-eight, she's juggling marriage, burnout, and the fine art of pretending everything is fine. Her days at OmnienTech are a blur of color-coded spreadsheets, corporate jargon, and passive-aggressive emails. Her nights? Hoarding unfinished sketchbooks, writing essays she'll never share, and perfecting a professional bob haircut.
Then one day, Mallory walks away. No plan. No savings. Just too much oat milk and a desperate need for something real. What follows is a hilariously messy and deeply heartfelt journey into writing, art, radical honesty-and all the chaos that comes with chasing authenticity. Along the way, Mallory must face impostor syndrome, family guilt trips, and even a dramatic plumbing disaster, all while searching for truth, belonging, and maybe even a book deal.
In her darkly funny and emotionally resonant debut, Kate Torode captures the unraveling-and rebuilding-of modern midlife. Chicken Nugget Girl and Other Midlife Traumas is a witty, cathartic exploration of resilience, reinvention, and the snacks that get us through.
Perfect for readers who love sharp humor, awkward honesty, and characters who feel just a little too real.
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