How to Be a Better Adult

"Another day of corporate drudgery"

Hope Obiako, disillusioned by her mundane existence as a lowly account specialist, discovers a mysterious handbook that drastically changes her life.

Hope is a master performer, making a show of her competence and compliance. And while she really is both competent and compliant, no one at William Hensley & Associates seems to see it. But what they never saw coming, behind her quiet and agreeable personality, is Hope's drive to "make it" by any magical means necessary.

This book is "Sorry to Bother You" meets the surrealism of "Atlanta", plus some "Awkward Black Girl" mixed in for good measure! An afro-surrealist tale with magical undertones. If you like the themes in the work of Sayaka Murata and the magical realism of Haruki Murakami you'll enjoy this read.

As a woman who suffers from depression and social anxiety, Jacque Aye has made it her mission to candidly share her experiences with the hopes of helping others dealing with the same. This extends into her fiction work, where she pens tales about woeful women trying their best, with a surrealist, magical touch. Inspired by Japanese surrealist authors like Haruki Murakami and Sayaka Murata, her stories are dark and humorous with a hint…well, a bunch…of absurdity.

• Publisher: Jacque Aye
  
• Publish Date: January 24, 2023
  
• Pages: 224
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Paperback
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780578279299
  
• Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches | 0.6 pounds
  
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction