{"product_id":"the-adjunct-by-maria-adelmann-9781668089972","title":"The Adjunct","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Eaten\u003c\/i\u003e, a “darkly funny, deeply incisive” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) take on the campus novel that follows a woman on the edge gigging her way through academia’s poor job market when she crosses paths with her old PhD adviser, whose new novel might be about her.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of 2026 \u003cem\u003e “Tense...Witty...Impeccably written.” —\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books for Book Clubs 2026 \u003c\/em\u003e “A unicorn...Truly thought-provoking.” —\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, Best New Books of March\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSam, an adjunct professor at a public university in Baltimore, takes a last-minute position at the private liberal arts college down the road. Overworked and underpaid, she lives in a blur of back-to-back classes, side hustles, and job applications for an ever-dwindling number of tenure-track jobs. Her already precarious existence is thrown into disarray when she runs into her former grad school adviser, Dr. Tom Sternberg, on campus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTom and Sam have a complicated history, and it’s the last thing she wants to think about as she navigates academic politics, institutional hurdles, and romantic entanglements with men and women that further complicate a sexuality not even she can define. Then she learns that Tom left his old job for undisclosed reasons—and his long-awaited second novel is about a professor reckoning with his checkered past. As rumours spread that Sam is the inspiration behind a central character, she fights to regain control of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn “entertaining, provocative” (\u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e) look at how hustle culture has come to define modern academia, \u003ci\u003eThe Adjunct\u003c\/i\u003e offers a bold twist on a tangled MeToo story and turns Sam’s downward spiral into a searing critique of class and the hollow promises of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47745314029804,"sku":"9781668089972","price":69.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781668089972-the-adjunct.jpg?v=1781499856","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-adjunct-by-maria-adelmann-9781668089972","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}