{"product_id":"very-nice-box-book-laura-blackett-9780358540113","title":"The Very Nice Box","description":"\"Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman are linguistic magicians, and their sparkling debut manages to expose the hollowness of well-being jargon while exploring, with tender care and precision, how we dare to move on after unspeakable loss . . . [They have] constructed a mirrored fun house, one that leads us down different paths, each masterfully tied up at the end, yet reflecting and refracting our own quirky selves.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --New York Times Book Review, An Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A very funny debut -- and perhaps the most original office satire of the year.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For fans of Elinor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Severance: an offbeat, wryly funny debut novel that follows an eccentric product engineer who works for a hip furniture company where sweeping corporate change lands her under the purview of a startlingly charismatic boss who seems determined to get close to her at all costs . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ava Simon designs storage boxes for STÄDA, a slick Brooklyn-based furniture company. She's hard-working, obsessive, and heartbroken from a tragedy that killed her girlfriend and upended her life. It's been years since she's let anyone in.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But when Ava's new boss--the young and magnetic Mat Putnam--offers Ava a ride home one afternoon, an unlikely relationship blossoms. Ava remembers how rewarding it can be to open up--and, despite her instincts, she becomes enamored. But Mat isn't who he claims to be, and the romance takes a sharp turn.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Very Nice Box is a funny, suspenseful debut--with a shocking twist. It's at once a send-up of male entitlement and a big-hearted account of grief, friendship, and trust.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49510920814865,"sku":"GOR013153439","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50350258979089,"sku":"CIN0358540119G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50350261666065,"sku":"CIN0358540119VG","price":4.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51001297142033,"sku":"NIN9780358540113","price":24.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0358540119.jpg?v=1751006680","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/very-nice-box-book-laura-blackett-9780358540113","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}