Your next book club read touching on mental health, happiness, and the peaks and perils of being a young woman just trying to figure it all out. Her new Dream Job, ever-optimistic Andrew, or…herself and her future. Unable to afford her rent and without even the novels she once loved as a comfort, Nora decides to moonlight for a rival publisher to make ends meet…and maybe poach some Parsons’ authors along the way.īut when Andrew Santos, a bestselling Parsons author no one can afford to lose is thrown into the mix, Nora has to decide where her loyalties lie. Parsons is cutting her already unlivable salary. With her life spiraling and the Parsons staff sinking, Nora gets hit with even worse news. Because, honestly, is there anything dreamier than making books for a living? But after five years of lunch orders, finicky authors, and per my last emails, Nora has come to one grand conclusion: Dream Jobs do not exist. When Nora landed an editorial assistant position at Parsons Press, it was her first step towards The Dream Job. Far from being a work of tragedy, Must Love Books is an inspiration, as Nora, whose voice is fresh and believable, doggedly moves forward in search of herself.įind your copy of Must Love Books from your favorite retailer.Meet Nora Hughes-the overworked, underpaid, last bookish assistant standing. 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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