The Nobodies: A Novel

by Liza Palmer Narrated by Suzy Jackson

Overview

“Liza Palmer's voice is fresh, exciting, and necessary. She's a must-read author.” -Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & the Six

Charmingly candid, hilarious, and deeply moving, The Nobodies is a novel about failing but never losing the core of yourself, from a beloved writer at the top of her game.

If there's one thing Joan Dixon knows about herself, it's that she is a damn good journalist. But when she is laid off from yet another soon-to-be-shuttered newspaper, and even the soulless, listicle-writing online jobs have dried up, she is left with few options. Closer to 40 than 30, single, living with her parents again, Joan decides she needs to reinvent herself. She goes to work as a junior copywriter at Bloom, a Los Angeles startup where her bosses are all a decade younger and snacks and cans of fizzy water flow freely.

For once, Joan has a steady paycheck and a stable job. She befriends a group of misfit coworkers and even begins a real relationship, after years of false starts. But once a journalist, always a journalist, and as Joan starts to poke beneath Bloom's bright surface, she realizes that she may have accidentally stumbled onto the scoop of her lifetime. Is it worth risking everything for the sake of the story?

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

10/07/2019

Palmer (The F Word) delivers a feel-good story about second chances in her funny and clever latest. Thirty-six-year-old out-of-work Los Angeles journalist Joan Dixon is at a crossroads after a corruption story she’s spent the last six months on failed to impress the influential Tavia Keppel, whose family owns several newspapers. When she scores a job as a junior copywriter at tech startup Bloom, she’s thrilled to get a paycheck, but feels hopelessly out of place among so many perky 20-somethings. She strikes up friendships with her manager, the kind and attractive Thornton Yu, and coworkers Elise and Hani, but her instincts tell her that the slick founders of the aggressively hip Bloom are hiding something. What does Bloom actually do? No one really knows, and Joan can’t get a straight answer, so she recruits her new friends to help her find out, discovering romance and plenty of surprises about herself along the way. Joan’s at times fumbling attempts to move forward with her life amidst crushing self-doubt will resonate, and her tentative romance with Thornton and relationships with friends and family showcase Palmer’s talent for finding magic in small moments. This is a real crowd-pleaser. (Sept.)

From the Publisher

Praise for Liza Palmer and The Nobodies

A Best Book of September (InStyle, Refinery29, HelloGiggles)

“A sharp and snappy riff on start-up culture and the glaring contrast between the personal and professional lives of Gen Z and millennials. The strongest takeaway from this novel, however, is the story of a woman finding her way a little later in life and on her own terms.” —Chicago Review of Books

“Funny and clever…A feel-good story about second chances…Showcase[s] Palmer’s talent for finding magic in small moments. This is a real crowd-pleaser.” —Publishers Weekly

“As I read The Nobodies, I thought of the HBO show ‘Silicon Valley,’ for its funny, bumbling characters, and then ‘Younger,’ whose main character connects with her 20-something publishing co-workers, and finally, The Inventor: Out for Blood, the documentary about the fraudulent tech startup Theranos. Combining elements from all of these narratives, The Nobodies is a fast-paced, contemporary novel with a main character who’s determined to get the real story and maybe find herself along the way.” —BookPage

“Palmer is a witty, charming writer; The Nobodies gives hope that people like you and I can be heroes.” —Refinery29 (Best Books of September)

“The Nobodies is a wildly entertaining novel about a Gen X-er surrounded by millennials. When she starts over at the bottom of the corporate ladder, she accidentally stumbles upon a big juicy company secret.” —HelloGiggles

“Liza Palmer's voice is fresh, exciting, and necessary. She's a must-read author.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & the Six

“Engaging and poignant and heartbreakingly real.” —Jennifer Weiner

“Palmer tells a story like a girlfriend over lunch.” —People

“Fresh, frank, and fearless. Liza Palmer is a road warrior of contemporary fiction.” —Georgia Clark, author of The Bucket List

“Honest, humorous and whip smart...Impossible to put down and so much fun to read.” —USA Today’s Happily Ever After

“Liza Palmer is definitely one of my new favorite writers!” —Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169283556
Publisher:	Macmillan Audio
Publication date:	09/10/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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