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My (not so) Perfect Life

Part love story, part workplace drama, this sharply observed novel is a witty critique of the false judgments we make in a social-media-obsessed world. New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella has written her most timely novel yet.

Everywhere Katie Brenner looks, someone else is living the life she longs for, particularly her boss, Demeter Farlowe. Demeter is brilliant and creative, lives with her perfect family in a posh townhouse, and wears the coolest clothes. Katie\\u2019s life, meanwhile, is a daily struggle\\u2014from her dismal rental to her oddball flatmates to the tense office politics she\\u2019s trying to negotiate. No wonder Katie takes refuge in not-quite-true Instagram posts, especially as she\'s desperate to make her dad proud.

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Always a Bridesmaid...For Hire

In the tradition of Sloane Crosley, Mindy Kaling, and Katie Heaney, a hilarious and insightful memoir about one New York City Millennial\\u2019s journey to find herself, her dream career, and true love, all while juggling a truly unique job as the world\'s only professional bridesmaid.

After moving to New York City in her mid-twenties to pursue her dream of writing\\u2014and not living on the \\u201cUpper East Side\\u201d of her parents\\u2019 house anymore\\u2014Jen Glantz looked forward to a future of happy hours and Sunday brunches with her besties.

What she got instead were a string of phone calls that began with, "Jen, I have something exciting to tell you!" and ended with, "I\'d be honored if you would be my bridesmaid." At first she was delighted, but it wasn\\u2019t long before she realized two things: all of her assets were tied up in bridesmaid dresses, and she herself was no closer to finding The One. She couldn\'t do much about the second thing (though her mother would beg to differ), but she could about the first.