No hard feelings / Genevieve Novak.
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TextPublisher: Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Publishers, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 312 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781460761847; 1460761847Subject(s): Women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction | Women -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Conduct of life -- Fiction | Habituation (Neuropsychology) -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Self-esteem -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction | Social comparison -- FictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Humorous fiction. | Domestic fiction. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Penny can't help but compare herself to her friends. Annie is about to become a senior associate at her law firm, Bec has just got engaged, Leo is dating everyone this side of the Yarra, and Penny is just ... waiting. Waiting for Max, her on-again, off-again boyfriend, to allow her to spend the night, waiting for the promotion she was promised, waiting for her Valium to kick in. Waiting for her real life to start. Out of excuses and sick of falling behind, Penny is determined to turn things around. She's going to make it work with Max, impress her tyrannical boss, quit seeing her useless therapist, remember to water her plants, and stop having panic attacks in the work toilets. But soon she's back to doomscrolling on Instagram, necking bottles of Aldi's finest sauvignon blanc, and criticising herself with renewed vigour and loathing. As her goals seem further away than ever, she has to wonder: when bad habits feel so good, how do you trust what's right for you?
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"Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed" -- on cover.
Penny can't help but compare herself to her friends. Annie is about to become a senior associate at her law firm, Bec has just got engaged, Leo is dating everyone this side of the Yarra, and Penny is just ... waiting. Waiting for Max, her on-again, off-again boyfriend, to allow her to spend the night, waiting for the promotion she was promised, waiting for her Valium to kick in. Waiting for her real life to start. Out of excuses and sick of falling behind, Penny is determined to turn things around. She's going to make it work with Max, impress her tyrannical boss, quit seeing her useless therapist, remember to water her plants, and stop having panic attacks in the work toilets. But soon she's back to doomscrolling on Instagram, necking bottles of Aldi's finest sauvignon blanc, and criticising herself with renewed vigour and loathing. As her goals seem further away than ever, she has to wonder: when bad habits feel so good, how do you trust what's right for you?
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