Citizen Girl (OM) - Softcover

McLaughlin, Emma; Kraus, Nicola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141019506 ISBN 13: 9780141019505

Publisher: Penguin, 2004

Synopsis

Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four year old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings and concentrates on getting the job done... whatever that may be.

Sharply observed and devastatingly funny, Citizen Girl captures with biting accuracy what it means to be young and female in the new economy. A personal glimpse into an impersonal world, Citizen Girl is edgy and heartfelt, an entertaining read that is startlingly relevant.

About this title

Review:

"Teen Vogue" The best-selling authors of "The Nanny Diaries" return with another mordant satire--this time they skewer self-important personalities of the twenty-first-century workplace.

"[A] sharp, funny satire....A The authors use a light touch that still hightlights key issuesA A for women in today's workplace (do you have to look hot to get ahead?)"

"--US weekly"

""Citizen Girl" takes shots at every single instance of one woman's confrontation with male society during the course of a few months. It does this while being wickedly funny and well written but not dogmatic or finger wagging."
"--The New Republic"

"From the authors of "The Nanny Diaries" comes the hilarious story of a recent college grad looking for the perfect job. Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus strike paydirt with their girl-meets-big-city formula.
"-- marie claire"

""[Citizen Girl]" is a pointed social satire about wry young women with integrity dropped into a swirl of Manhattan money and ambition."
--Alex Williams, "The New York Times"

"The best-selling authors of "The Nanny Diaries" return with another mordant satire--this time they skewer self-important personalities of the twenty-first-century workplace."
"--Teen Vogue"

"McLaughlin and Kraus deftly satirize postfeminist, postmodern, twenty-first-century America, using management jargon and hipster slang with equal precision. More remarkable is the subtlety with which Girl's story moves from the dreary-yet-familiar world of demanding bosses and unrewarding work into the realm of nightmares. The authors have conjured up a vision of America that's just this side of dystopian, and their funhouse-mirror worldview generates its own strange suspense."
--Booklist

"Young professional readers will relate to the degrading challenge of scraping for entry-level work in a lousy economy and the tyranny of clueless, selfish bosses. And McLaughlin and Kraus should be lauded for creating an old-school feminist heroine who knows where to draw the line."
--The Washington Post

"Citizen Girl takes shots at every single instance of one woman's confrontation with male society during the course of a few months. It does this while being wickedly funny and well written but not dogmatic or finger wagging."
--The New Republic

"From the authors of The Nanny Diaries comes the hilarious story of a recent college grad looking for the perfect job. Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus strike paydirt with their girl-meets-big-city formula.
-- marie claire

About the Author:

Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin are both in their mid-twenties and live in New York City. This is their second novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0141019506
• ISBN 13: 9780141019505
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320