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Name: Wendy Wimmer - Entry Level (epub)
Format: epub
Size: 1.06 MB

Title: Entry Level
Author: Wendy Wimmer
Language: English
Year: 2022
Subjects: Fiction, Literature, Short Stories
Publisher: Autumn House Press
ISBN: 9781637680582
Total pages: 546 str.

Tales of characters trying to find their way through the struggles of underemployment.

Wendy Wimmer's debut short story collection, Entry Level, contains a range of characters who are trying to find, assert, or salvage their identities. These fifteen stories center around the experience of being underemployed-whether by circumstance, class, gender, race, or other prevailing factors-and the toll this takes on an individual. Wimmer pushes the boundaries of reality, creating stories that are funny, fantastic, and at times terrifying. Her characters undergo feats of endurance, heartbreak, and loneliness, all while trying to succeed in a world that so often undervalues them. From a young marine biologist suffering from imposter syndrome and a haunting to a bingo caller facing another brutal snowstorm and a creature that may or not be an angel, Wimmer's characters are all confronting an oppressive universe that seemingly operates against them or is, at...