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Fiction, General Fiction

Help Wanted

Adelle Waldman (author)

Paperback Published on: 16/01/2025

£9.99

7 reviews

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Engaging, empathetic and timely

An incisive, empathetic and entertaining novel about a group of retail employees working the early morning graveyard shift at an American department store.... READ MORE

Logan at Greenwich at London

Heartfelt and relevant

"Town Square still sought to be an employer of choice, and indeed, internal surveys conducted by HR found that the majority of its employees appreciated th... READ MORE

Red

A brilliant read

This is a very human story. If you are a fan of Leonard and Hungry Paul or of Fredrik Backman’s books, I think you’d enjoy this. However the characters are... READ MORE

Rita. IG: @iamritasedani at St Albans

Synopsis

When the store manager at an upstate New York superstore announces he's leaving, the motley crew members of Team Movement take the news surprisingly well. Overworked and exhausted, they spend their early morning shifts scheming about their jobs and their futures. Now is their only chance to get their hated line manager Meredith promoted up and away from them. And then one of them can replace her - but who will it be?

Publisher information

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781805221661
Number of pages: 288
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
Weight: 240g
Languages: English

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Just a really good read

"Help Wanted" by Adelle Waldman is both a book where very little happens yet so much happens too. The plot is seemingly simple: a vacancy opens up in a d... READ MORE

Mel Pretorius

A depressing but accurate look into big box retail

Help Wanted was a crisp, albeit super depressing, portrayal of retail work in the US today. I wouldn't read it again but it left me with lots of big box st... READ MORE

Amy Claflin

Dedicated to all retail workers

Taking aim at the ubiquitous online store which has made itself indispensable to so many consumers while never naming it, Help Wanted is set in the logisti... READ MORE

Susan Osborne

Entertaining

Help Wanted is a brilliant critque of the treatment of working class America, particularly by corprate America. The store they work in is similar to Wal... READ MORE

Samantha Schofield

Help Wanted

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