Reasons to be cheerful /
Stibbe, Nina,
Reasons to be cheerful / Nina Stibbe. - First United States edition. - viii, 279 pages ; 22 cm
Taking a job as an assistant to an eccentric dental surgeon, eighteen-year-old Lizzie pursues a fantasy relationship with her crush before realizing that he is not quite as imagined. Lizzie Vogel lands a job in a local dentist's office after answering a classified ad. The job comes with an apartment of her own, as well as an eccentric boss, a high-strung coworker, and the occasional call to perform light dentistry herself. It also provides Lizzie with an introduction to Andy Nicolello: handsome, kind, slightly indifferent. Lizzie begins calling him her boyfriend as she begins navigating the waters of adult life. -- adapted from jacket
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2018966960
First loves--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Dental assistants--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Humorous fiction.
Reasons to be cheerful / Nina Stibbe. - First United States edition. - viii, 279 pages ; 22 cm
Taking a job as an assistant to an eccentric dental surgeon, eighteen-year-old Lizzie pursues a fantasy relationship with her crush before realizing that he is not quite as imagined. Lizzie Vogel lands a job in a local dentist's office after answering a classified ad. The job comes with an apartment of her own, as well as an eccentric boss, a high-strung coworker, and the occasional call to perform light dentistry herself. It also provides Lizzie with an introduction to Andy Nicolello: handsome, kind, slightly indifferent. Lizzie begins calling him her boyfriend as she begins navigating the waters of adult life. -- adapted from jacket
9780316309370 0316309370
2018966960
First loves--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Dental assistants--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Humorous fiction.