Sad Janet : a novel / Lucie Britsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Britsch, Lucie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Single women--Fiction.

Single women.

Animal shelters.

Employees.

Sadness.

Happiness--Fiction.

Happiness.

Sadness--Fiction.

Humorous stories.

Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Animal shelters--Employees--Fiction.

Christmas stories.

Genre:

Fiction.

Christmas fiction.

Humorous fiction.

Physical Description:

276 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.

Summary:

"This dark-comedic novel is about a woman, Janet, who wears a cloak of gloomy realism, until one summer when she learns of a new pill that offers even confirmed cynics a short-term taste of happiness. Her family stages an intervention, her boyfriend leaves her, and she decides to take the pill to get through the Christmas holiday. What follows is life-changing for all concerned, in ways no one expected"-- Provided by publisher.

Janet works at a rundown dog shelter in the woods. She wears black; her brain is full of anxiety; she has a meddlesome family, eccentric coworkers. Most of all, Janet has her sadness-- a comfortable cloak she uses to insulate herself from the oppression of the world. When word spreads about a new pill that offers even cynics like her a short-term taste of happiness-- just long enough to make it through the holidays without wanting to stab someone with a candy cane-- her family stages an intervention. Janet decides to give them what they want. The result is life-changing for all concerned-- but in ways no one quite expects. -- adapted from jacket

Other Format:

Online version: Britsch, Lucie. Sad Janet.

ISBN:

9780593086520

059308652X

OCLC:

1119745811

Publisher Number:

99985422809