Out now.
Where to read it: In the blasting A.C. of your office job, during your one wild and precious lunch break.
What it’s about: An amusing, accessible debut that’s no less warm for its depressing setting, I Hope This Finds You Well is something of a workplace sitcom transformed into a romantic comedy novel. Protagonist Jolene has a bit of a nasty habit: At the end of her emails to co-workers at Supershops, Inc., she adds spiteful postscripts she knows they’ll never see. But when HR does, in fact, see a postscript she forgets to render in invisible white text, Jolene is sent straight to sensitivity training. Her only reprieve is in the private correspondence to which IT accidentally grants her access, allowing her an unfettered view of her coworkers’ thoughts and feelings. With a corporate maelstrom headed for Supershops, Jolene has two options: use her newfound intel for her own benefit, or choose to see her colleagues as humans, as allies, and perhaps even as friends.
