TY - BOOK AU - Stibbe,Nina TI - Reasons to be cheerful SN - 9780316309370 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - First loves KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Dental assistants KW - Bildungsromans KW - lcgft KW - Humorous fiction N2 - 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 ER -