Point of View

The novel is primarily told from the first person point-of-view of a 30-year-old woman named Millie who is depressed, lonely, and working a mindless office temp job, hoping she will be offered a full-time position despite the fact that she does not actually want to work there. Millie narrates her plight in present tense, as she aimlessly floats from home to work, to drinks with a friend that she hates but tolerates simply because she is desperate for company. However, when Millie receives an email from the temp agency that she believes is going to lead to a full-time job, she decides to completely reinvent her life and become a more stable and productive person. Just as she has begun to put this plan into action, she learns that not only is she not being offered a job, she has been fired, her contract with...