{"product_id":"severance-by-ling-ma-9781250214997","title":"Severance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe it's the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma's offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, \u003ci\u003eSeverance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring.\" \u003cb\u003e-- Michael Schaub, \u003ci\u003eNPR.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A satirical spin on the end times—kind of like \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Leftovers\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003ci\u003e-- Estelle Tang, \u003cb\u003eElle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:\u003c\/b\u003e NPR \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Books We Loved\") \u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e Amazon Editors \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Staff Favorites) \u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eMental Floss\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eA.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eJezebel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e Literary Hub * Flavorwire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the\u003c\/b\u003e NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award \u003cem\u003e Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction \u003c\/em\u003e Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award \u003cem\u003e Finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel \u003c\/em\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2018 * An Indie Next Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCandace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she's had her fill of uncertainty. She's content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCandace won't be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They're traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines, and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma's \u003ci\u003eSeverance\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it's a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643207794924,"sku":"9781250214997","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4bee3bc84eb17f7d156a1216b89aea9f.jpg?v=1779168944","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/severance-by-ling-ma-9781250214997","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}