Help Wanted (novel)

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Author Adelle Waldman
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
March 5, 2024
Pages288
ISBN 978-1-324-02044-8

Help Wanted is a 2024 novel written by Adelle Waldman. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The author, Adelle Waldman, worked for six months in a retail store while researching the novel. [3]

Plot

The story of a cast of characters who all work for Town Square, a big-box mega-retailer.

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References

  1. Waldman, Katy (2024-03-06). "A Novelist of Privileged Youth Finds a New Subject". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  2. Kisner, Jordan (2024-02-09). "A Big-Box-Store Allegory". The Atlantic. ISSN   2151-9463 . Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  3. 1 2 Corrigan, Maureen (March 13, 2024). "Big-box store workers find themselves shut out of the American Dream in 'Help Wanted'". NPR.
  4. Power, Kevin (2024-03-13). "Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman review – acid comedy of precarity". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  5. Chang, Alexandra (2024). "High Stakes Capers Starring Low Wage Workers". The New York Times.