Books in 2015. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker online, the Believer, BuzzFeed, Oprah.com, and more. She was named one of Brooklyn Magazine's 30 Under 30. Her second book, Sanpaku, was published by BOOM! Studios in 2018.
[Writers Read: Kate Gavino (January 2016)]
Gavino's new book is A Career in Books: A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun.
At Electric Lit she tagged seven "contemporary books about women who eschew meaningless platitudes or glitzy portrayals" of New York City, including:
Free Food For Millionaires by Min Jin LeeRead about another entry on the list.
I have a vivid memory of reading this book in line at the Trader Joe’s on 14th street, so enthralled by the opening chapterthat I completely forgot I was packed cheek by jowl with hordes of New Yorkers stocking up on kale gnocchi. A common denominator that makes sad girls sad in these books: money. And Min Jin Lee hammers this home in the best way possible, following Casey’s winding path after college, where her expensive tastes lead to soul-sucking finance jobs, beautiful hotels, and an increasing distance between her childhood in Queens.
Free Food For Millionaires is among Alison B. Hart’s twelve novels about assistants trapped in jobs they’re too good for.
The Page 99 Test: Free Food for Millionaires.
--Marshal Zeringue
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