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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Everyday Life

Everyday Life

Salvayre, Lydie
Kuntz, Jane

Paperback

General Fiction

Publisher Price: $12.50

ISBN10: 1564783499
ISBN13: 9781564783493
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: Nov 1 2006
Pages: 119
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.40 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

The hiring of a new secretary shouldn't be a big deal--just a slight a change in the office environment. But for the protagonist of this novel, it is a declaration of war, a call to arms: The new secretary has only been here two days, she says, and I'm already talking about evil, a word I shouldn't even be using--arming myself for battle and choosing my weapons. Her quiet life of sacrifice and service has been rudely disrupted by the new hire, and she is not--despite the advice of her doctor, her neighbors, and her daughter--about to leave it at that. Instead, sabotage, alcohol, and kindness become the arsenal in a conflict fought across copy rooms and office parties. But the humor is undercut by a sadness, a sense of defeat that makes this slim novel resonate with the injustice of our increasingly impersonal, corporate world.

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