Ergebnis für "There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job" in Literatur & Belletristik

A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: It’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig - watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods - turns out to be inconvenient. Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful.

Es ist eine richtig gute Party. Es ist voll, die Musik ist laut, die Drinks sind kalt. Emira ist aufgestylt und feiert richtig ab. Da bekommt die Afroamerikanerin einen Anruf von Alix. Ob sie wohl spontan auf die kleine Briar aufpassen könne? Emira liebt Briar, und sie braucht den Job als Babysitterin. Wenig später hängen die beiden in einem riesigen Supermarkt ab und albern herum. Doch einer der Sicherheitsleute macht ihnen Stress. Eine junge Schwarze, mit einem kleinen weißen Mädchen? Es kommt zu einem Tumult.

When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on. Yet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must somehow continue. Then one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone box in his garden. There, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to them and begin to come to terms with their grief. As news of the phone box spreads, people will travel to it from miles around. Soon, Yui will make her own pilgrimage to the phone box, too. But once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiver.

When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for ‘kidnapping’ the white child she’s actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix’s desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know – about themselves, each other and the messy dynamics of privilege.