Adelle Waldman
Help Wanted:
A Novel

 

 

Under the eyes of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, the small-town workers in a big-box store follow a familiar, if grueling, routine. Most of them are barely getting by, even with second or third jobs. When the manager announces he’s leaving, the team spots an opportunity to promote from within their own ranks. A humane and darkly comic workplace caper based on Waldman’s own experiences and her investigative journalism for The New York Times, Help Wanted shines a light on the odds low-wage workers are up against in today’s economy.

Adelle Waldman is the best-selling author of The Love Affairs of 
Nathaniel P. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.