| Description |
310 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"A witty, soulful memoir about trying to make a living under the burden of unwelcome truths, from the author of the essay that helped ignite #MeToo in Canada. Through the stories of several very odd jobs, each related to the job she really wants--to be a writer--poet and essayist Emma Healey wrestles with identity, work and language, encountering obstacle after obstacle to her ambitions, including doubt whether her desire to make a living as a writer even makes sense. As a teenager, she is introduced by her actor/playwright mother to the role of "standardized patient"--a sort of living training dummy for medical students. As a recent university graduate, she writes software manuals for the world's leading producer of online pornography, masters the art of search engine optimization for a marketing firm run out of the owner's bedroom, and narrowly escapes death as a research assistant for a television drama. Along the way she navigates dating apps, tumultuous relationships and difficult misadventures, all of which she brings to bear on the evolution of a voice that she is slowly learning to trust. For a writer trying to pay the bills, life can be a work in progress."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Healey, Emma, 1991-
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Career changes -- Canada -- Anecdotes.
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Job hunting -- Canada -- Anecdotes.
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Career changes. (OCoLC)fst00847273
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Job hunting. (OCoLC)fst00983693
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Canada. (OCoLC)fst01204310
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiography (DNLM)D020493
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Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Healey, Emma, 1991- Best young woman job book. Toronto : Random House Canada, 2022 0735275017 9780735275010 (OCoLC)1257967427 |
| ISBN |
9780735275003 (hardcover) |
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0735275009 (hardcover) |
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