Jillian

From the author of the ‘great‘ (Dolly Alderton), ‘terrific‘ (Zadie Smith) The New Me, comes a subversive, hilarious portrait of two colleagues, each more like the other than they would care to admit. ‘Wretchedly riveting‘ Jia Tolentino, New Yorker ‘ Butler is an essential contemporary voice‘ Literary Hub ‘A master of writing about work and its discontents‘ The Millions Megan is only twenty-four but her life feels like a dead end. Working as a gastroenterologist‘s receptionist and resenting the success and happiness of her friends, the only thing that makes her feel better is obsessively critiquing the behaviour of her colleague, Jillian . A grotesquely optimistic thirty-five-year-old single mother, Jillian‘s chirpy positivity obscures her mounting struggles - until her downfall is precipitated by the purchase of a dog . . . ‘Outrageous and amusing ... reads like rubbernecking or a junk-food binge, compelling a horrified fascination and bleak laughter‘ Kirkus ‘The funniest book I‘ve read in a long time, but also one of the most important ones‘ The Rumpus