{"product_id":"severance-by-ling-ma-trade-paperback-fiction-literature-contemporary-fiction","title":"Severance by Ling Ma - Trade Paperback - Fiction \u0026 Literature - Contemporary Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn offbeat office novel turns apocalyptic satire as a young woman transforms from orphan to worker bee to survivor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCandace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies halt operations. The subways squeak to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCandace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines, and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma’s Severance is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Us","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45225385951347,"sku":"9781250214997","price":995.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1041\/4963\/files\/9781250214997.jpg?v=1784020589","url":"https:\/\/nationalbookstore.com\/products\/severance-by-ling-ma-trade-paperback-fiction-literature-contemporary-fiction","provider":"National Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}