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003			OCoLC
005			20210712092512.0
008			210126s2021 nyu 000 f eng
010			_a 2021002239
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020			_a9780063002654 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0063002655 _q(hardcover)
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092			_aMCCLOREY _bKELLY
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMcClorey, Kelly, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aNobody, somebody, anybody : _ba novel / _cKelly McClorey.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bEcco, _c[2021]
300			_a292 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aAmy Harney has a job as a chambermaid for the summer, but on August 25, she will take the exam to become an EMT (third time's the charm!) and finally move on with her life. In the meantime, she doesn't mind scrubbing toilets immaculately clean or tucking the sheet corners just so. In fact, she tells herself that her work is a noble act of service to the rich guests at the yacht club. Amy's profound isolation colors everything: her job, her aspirations, even her interactions with the woman at the deli counter. And as the date for the EMT exam comes closer, Amy's anxiety ratchets up in a way that is both familiar and troubling. In desperation, she concocts a "placebo" program--a self-prescribed regimen for her confidence, devised to trick herself into succeeding. When her landlord, Gary, starts to invite her over for dinner--to practice his cooking skills as he awaits approval of his Ukrainian fiancé's visa--Amy makes her first friend since her mother's passing. Alongside this unexpected connection comes a surge of hopeful obsession that Amy knows she must reckon with before the summer's end. Tender and laugh-out-loud funny, Placebo explores the shadowy corners of a young woman's inner world of grief, delusion, and self-loathing, revealing the creeping loneliness of modern life and our endless search for connection.
650		0	_aYoung women _vFiction. _94283
650		0	_aAnxiety _vFiction. _9159883
650		0	_aLoneliness _vFiction. _959787
650		0	_aSelf-confidence _vFiction. _933912
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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