THOM'S PICK
Two exes orbiting each other's lives in London, observed by themselves, each other, and their phones. To quote another staff pick (No One Is Talking About This): "What do you mean you've been spying on me, with this thing in my hand that is an eye?" -TN
Jem Calder's Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about a generation on the cusp, enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love.
Julia has landed a fresh start at an up-and-coming city restaurant.
"Imagine that," says her mother.
"I’m imagining."
Her ex-boyfriend Nick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Did you know that adults his age are more likely to live with their parents than with a romantic partner?
Life should have started to take shape by now—but instead we’re trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a good answer to the question "What do you do?"
Hardcover | 304 pages | 5.50" x 8.25"