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A Pseudo-Adult?s Decade of Short-Term Jobs, Long-Term Relationships, and Holding Out for Something Better

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True stories from the world of temporary employment for anyone terrified of being stuck in a job they hate.When Steven Barker was twelve, his father, in pursuit of the American Dream, moved the family from Canada to Connecticut, having worked his way up from an IBM mailroom to landing a vice president position in a top computer factory. Steven, in contrast, has followed the philosophy of quit
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Spokane, Washington, is nearly perfect for most people, but Jack Fitzpatrick is not one of them. At twenty-two, he’s already too bitter to stay. Hours after graduation and armed with his final paycheck from his nemesis, Mrs. Pohlkiss, Jack heads for Southern California to prove that money does buy happiness. Thanks to a lucky run-in with a talent agent a few weeks earlier, Jack has loftier (and
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Crooked high-powered lawyer Alton Carver has a plan: stage his own death, take the money he embezzled and light out for Central America, leaving behind wife Nicole and daughter Clara. But when he sticks around town to watch his own funeral, he discovers the life he's leaving behind isn't the life he thought he had.When he sees Nicole in the arms of another man, Alton postpones his run for the ... Read more

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