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The Very Nice Box
by Eve Gleichman, Laura Blackett
Ava builds her life in half-hour increments around work, her dog, and her routines. She's good at her engineering job and she has one friend. Everything else - her family, her fiancee - was ripped away years ago in a terrible accident.
Then Mat, a marketing whiz abounding in charisma and entitlement, is assigned to manage Ava's engineering team. She is at first suspicious of his jargon and confidence. But Mat is also generous and kind, and Ava finds herself accepting and eventually enjoying his company. Maybe she is even happy, but her one friend insists that their initial suspicions were correct and Mat's charisma and marketing-speak is a cover for something more sinister.
This book was interesting and unforgettable from the beginning. The beautifully-written, wry prose brings us instantly into Ava's mind and world, peopled with characters that are both unique and instantly familiar. As artfully constructed as Ava's bestselling storage systems, it's a literary thriller that examines loss and recovery, sexuality and gender, and all the ways we box ourselves in.
Then Mat, a marketing whiz abounding in charisma and entitlement, is assigned to manage Ava's engineering team. She is at first suspicious of his jargon and confidence. But Mat is also generous and kind, and Ava finds herself accepting and eventually enjoying his company. Maybe she is even happy, but her one friend insists that their initial suspicions were correct and Mat's charisma and marketing-speak is a cover for something more sinister.
This book was interesting and unforgettable from the beginning. The beautifully-written, wry prose brings us instantly into Ava's mind and world, peopled with characters that are both unique and instantly familiar. As artfully constructed as Ava's bestselling storage systems, it's a literary thriller that examines loss and recovery, sexuality and gender, and all the ways we box ourselves in.