Break in Case of Emergency

A thirty-something woman takes a ridiculous job at a meaningless non-profit and is trying to have a baby and is an artist at heart but keeps telling herself she is not. She measures her success in relation to her two best friends and seeks the approval of stupid people at work because she has told herself a story about what she‰ЫЄs supposed to do with her life and has a mother who very carefully pretends not to care about her. She can‰ЫЄt see herself clearly and doesn‰ЫЄt know what she wants until she finds her way to figuring that out. The humour is often over-the-top but occasionally comes close enough to real life to be hilarious. The story comes complete with a zany trip to a land far far away where mistakes are made. If any of these themes resonate with you (whether you‰ЫЄre a lady or a dude), I recommend it.

(Originally published in my weekly newsletter, All This Reading, with some differences.)