Not Working

Funny, sharp and brilliantly observed, Not Working is the story of a life unravelling and a novel that voices the questions we've all been asking ourselves but never dared to say out loud. Claire Flannery has quit her job in order to discover her true vocation—only to realise she has no idea how to go about finding it.

Whilst everyone around her seems to have their lives completely under control, Claire finds herself sinking under pressure and wondering where her own fell apart. 'It's fine,' her grandmother says, 'I remember what being your age was like—of course I had four children under eight then, but modern life is different, you've got an awful lot on... '

'As close to the tenderness and funniness of real life as books get. It makes me feel like I did when I found Adrian Mole decades ago. It's really rare, and really special. ' - David Whitehouse, author of Mobile Library