![]() ![]() ![]() Parsons is trying desperately to sign him for his second book, and Nora’s boss has told her that she is guaranteed a promotion if she can get him to sign with them.Īs she tries to hold on to everything, including Andrew, who will become more to Nora than an author to wrangle under contract, Nora will come close to losing it all. Early into her days as a publishing double-agent, she meets Andrew, an author whose star is rising. Then, as though things aren’t bad enough, she receives a pay cut as part of a belt-tightening effort.Īlready struggling to pay her rent and student loans, Nora takes a second job with a competing publishing house. After a round of layoffs and the departure of her best work-friend, she is overworked, underpaid, lonely, and uninspired. ![]() Nora Hughes is five years into a job as an editorial assistant at Parsons, a publishing house specializing in business books. Is this the job for me? If it’s not the job for me, do I have the skills to do anything else? Do I even know what I want in a career? Can my passions and work align, or is that a myth sold by career counselors? Must Love Books is many things – intelligent, funny, charming, engaging – but the word that most comes to mind is brave.īased partly on her own life experiences, Shauna Robinson lays bare the questions with which we all wrestle. ![]()
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