Listen to more great episodes like this on Scout FM Members register for free and can request review copies or be invited to review by the publisher. ‘The New Me’ is an excerpt from that project. Rebecca Liu. 0. Halle Butler and The New Me. I wanted to become her friend immediately. Halle Butler’s “The New Me” Is an Office Novel for a Precarious Age . Which ebook format is the best for Users who liked this track User 260827328. "Wretchedly riveting" (The New Yorker) and "masterfully cringe-inducing" (Chicago Tribune), The New Me is the must-read new novel by National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree and Granta Best Young American novelist Halle Butler. Share. Her first novel, Jillian, was called the ‘feel-bad book of the year’ by the Chicago Tribune. Tell us a bit about what inspired The New Me. The New Me by Halle Butler, read by Halle Butler by PRH Audio published on 2019-01-12T06:58:51Z. For me, The New Me was such a book. VACUUM IN THE DARK By Jen Beagin. I’ve come to believe one can take the sentimental temperature of a cultural moment by looking at its novels’ heroines. Her story focuses on a 30-year-old woman named Millie who wanders from temp job to temp job. Email. I love novels about disaffected young women with a scathing POV on contemporary life. NetGalley is a site where book reviewers and other professional readers can read books before they are published, in e-galley or digital galley form. The story of a temp worker in Chicago feels like a definitive work of millennial literature. The New Me by Halle Butler $22.99 buy online or call us from Beachside Bookshop, Shop 20, 11-13 Avalon Parade, Avalon Beach , NSW, Australia —Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Gold Fame Citrus and Battleborn "The New Me renders contemporary American life in such vivid, stinging color that certain sentences are liable to give the reader a paper cut. I dunno, Halle Butler has this way of invading consciousness, or consciousnesses more appropriately. She nails the disconnect between twenty-first century selling points—finding your passion, being authors of your time, being your best self—and the actual banality of entry-level jobs. New Me EPUB MOBI Halle Butler Tutorial to Add and Read PDF on iPad, iPhone, and iPod. Facebook. If you feel strange and out of place in the modern world, it's nice to have something you can identify with and go, Oh, that's so me. A must-read!" If this quote speaks to you, you will love The New Me. This would be a good place for me to describe, in summary, Butler’s new novel, The New Me, but I hesitate to say that it’s about loneliness, alienation, depression, and friendship. this to search for legally free ebooks that you can download and read on your tablet, smartphone or PC PDF The New Me EPUB MOBI Halle Butler. Halle Butler is a Chicago-based writer. She has co-written screenplays (Crimes Against Humanity; Neighborhood Food Drive), and is currently working on a second novel. Halle Butler’s insane talent shimmers on every page of this deadpan misanthrope’s ode. Share this episode: Twitter. If not, you should read something else. The author of Jillian, she has been named a National Book Award Foundation's "5 Under 35" honoree and a Granta Best Young American Novelist. Shops; Books. Halle Butler and The New Me. Users who like The New Me by Halle Butler, read by Halle Butler About Halle Butler: here you can find a pretty lazy selection of a few books i've read. In “The New Me,” Halle Butler, author of “Jillian,” a Granta Best Young American Novelist, and a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree, brilliantly captures the dysthymia and anxiety of the era. So Many Damn Books — March 19, 2019. I spoke to Halle Butler about the inspiration behind The New Me, the fatal lies of modern female self-invention, and why we all seem to be hooked on binging crime dramas.