My Salinger Year

Joanna Rakoff's first job out of college is a dream job working for a prestigious literary agency that represents, among others, J. D. Salinger. The Agency is like a place out of time and Joanna loves the subtle lighting, the reserve of the agents, and the care with which they treat their authors. But it's the nineties, not the thirties, and things are changing. This little memoir of a year spent in a job that most avid readers only dream of is a delightful tale of Joanna's coming-of-age, both personally and professionally, amid a cast of quirky, lovely characters. I loved it.