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From the best-selling author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. comes a funny, eye-opening tale of work in contemporary America.Every day at 3:55 a.m., members of Team Movement clock in for their shift at big-box store Town Square in a small upstate New York town. Under the eyes of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, they empty the day's truck of merchandise, stock the shelves, and scatter before the store opens and customers arrive. Their lives follow a familiar if grueling routine, but their real problem is that Town Square doesn't schedule them for enough hours -- most of them are barely getting by, even while working second or third jobs. When store manager Big Will announces he is leaving, the members of Movement spot an opportunity. If they play their cards right, one of them just might land a management job, with all the stability and possibility for advancement that that implies.
About the Author
Adelle Waldman's first novel, "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.", was named one of 2013's best books by The New Yorker, The New Republic, Slate, The Economist, NPR, BookPage, The Guardian, Elle and many others. The novel will soon be translated into Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and other languages. Waldman's writing has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Slate and many other publications.
