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Sad Sacked

A Memoir

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A very funny memoir about a very unfunny situation.

The last person Liz Alterman expects to hear from during her Thanksgiving prep is her husband, Rich. He never calls from his job at a busy Manhattan newsroom. And he never will again, because he's just been laid off. Two months later, Liz is downsized, too.

At first, Rich is enchanted with his new leisurely lifestyle. But when he's still unemployed six months later, his euphoric mood devolves into depression and despair. It falls to Liz to figure out how to support their family of five and keep up appearances in their well-to-do suburb, where even nannies drive the latest model Lexus.

Sad Sacked blends the wit of Nora Ephron’s Heartburn with the madcap hilarity of Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette to expose the pressure on women to put on a happy face even as their world falls apart. In Liz Alterman’s gifted hands, we laugh until we cry about what happens when the bottom drops out.

“I didn't realize how much we needed a new Erma Bombeck to report from the tense bowels of modern suburbia. This book is a sweaty, funny examination into suburban marriage, motherhood, social status and all the other reasons I left New Jersey." (Joel Stein)

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This is a true story first hand account of how author and journalist Liz Alterman lost her job, looked for a job, and then found another job. It is quite funny in places and also quite sad, as she discusses her emotions and self doubt as she is passed over for the positions she applied for. Her husband was out of work at this time too and we hear of the stresses of running a home and family with no income before the the author gains employment writing click bait articles for websites that she hates but pays the bills. I found that listening to this story was like listening to a friend talk to you about their problems.

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I really enjoyed this. It resonated with my own experience of my partner and I losing our jobs; how it makes you feel; and the way it affects your relationship. It didn’t feel embellished in any way - just told as is, with a good degree of honest reflection as she went along. Thoroughly recommended.

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Bored out my nut listening to this. This is what you’re reduced to listening when there are NO new books in the plus catalogue. And hasn’t been since this time last year

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I’m very confused what this book is? It’s the most random thing of a woman moaning her husband lost his job and then her trying to find a new job. Is it a biography? Honestly do not bother. Glad it was free, still
Not worth it though

Do not a waste your time

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