This Could Hurt: A Novel

Author:   Jillian Medoff
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Pages:   400
Publication Date:   02 October 2018
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"“Periodically a writer captures the pattern of comedy and tragedy that peppers office life like alternating colors of carpet squares. . . . As smart as Medoff’s critique of corporate inanity is, it’s tempered by compassion for these people, who are ultimately tender with each other, too. . . . Medoff finds plenty of hurt—but strains of hope, too.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post The acclaimed and deeply felt novel that illuminates the pivotal role of work in our lives.  Rosa Guerrero beat the odds as she rose to the top of the corporate world. An attractive woman of a certain age, the longtime chief of human resources at Ellery Consumer Research is still a formidable presence, even if her most vital days are behind her. A leader who wields power with grace and discretion, she has earned the devotion and loyalty of her staff. No one admires Rosa more than her doting lieutenant Leo Smalls, a benefits vice president whose whole world is Ellery. While Rosa is consumed with trying to address the needs of her staff within the ever-constricting limits of the company’s bottom line, her associate director, Rob Hirsch, a middle-aged, happily married father of two, finds himself drawing closer to his ""work wife,"" Lucy Bender, an enterprising single woman searching for something—a romance, a promotion—to fill the vacuum in her personal life. For Kenny Verville, a senior manager with an MBA, Ellery is a temporary stepping-stone to bigger and better places—that is, if his high-powered wife has her way. Compelling, flawed, and heartbreakingly human, these men and women scheme, fall in and out of love, and nurture dreams big and small. As their individual circumstances shift, one thing remains constant—Rosa, the sun around whom they all orbit. When her world begins to crumble, the implications for everyone are profound, and Leo, Rob, Lucy, and Kenny find themselves changed in ways beyond their reckoning. Jillian Medoff explores the inner workings of an American company in all its brilliant, insane, comforting, and terrifying glory. Authentic, razor-sharp, and achingly funny, This Could Hurt is a novel about work, loneliness, love, and loyalty; about sudden reversals and unexpected windfalls; a novel about life."

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Author:   Jillian Medoff
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   HarperCollins
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ISBN:  

9780062660770


ISBN 10:   0062660772
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   02 October 2018
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Format:   Paperback
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A penetrative novel about how work--even the work we might resent or despise at times--forges strange and wonderful relationships and forces difficult choices. --Bookreporter This smart, jaunty novel takes the lid off a small company's faltering human resources department to reveal intrigue and backstabbing that only intensify when the boss gets sick. But, as Medoff deftly reminds us, decency can find a way of surfacing even among the filing cabinets. --People Medoff delves into the working and personal lives of those who work for Rosa and creates layered characters rather than cliches. . . . This Could Hurt is a very enjoyable read and Medoff moves between the characters and their stories seamlessly. If there is a silver lining within the financial crisis, This Could Hurt might be it. --The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star A smart, sympathetic dramedy. . . . It's like a New York novelization of The Office--with less winky, fourth wall-breaking satire and more heart. --Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple Searing, sexy and surprisingly funny, Jillian Medoff's This Could Hurt burns through the pages. No one is safe in this cruel but compassionate take on corporate America. I loved it. --Marcy Dermansky, author of The Red Car Tender and compelling, Jillian Medoff's THIS COULD HURT reveals what happens when the ties that bind us start to fray and we are called upon to care for each other. That these relationships are among coworkers in an HR department makes them as unpredictable as they are hilarious but always real and always entertaining. --George Hodgman, author of Bettyville The workplace novel has long been the territory of male novelists--well, no more. Medoff's provocative, comic portrait of modern American office life is a study of power, and how having it and wanting it, tests the bonds coworkers share far beyond the break room. It not only upends female stereotypes like a cheap desk, it also earns Medoff a place at the table. And all for seventy cents on the male dollar. --Elissa Schappell, author of Blueprints for Building Better Girls You wouldn't expect a corporate HR department to house a thrill-ride of a novel, but Jillian Medoff pulls off the impossible here. Funny, searing and wholly original, THIS COULD HURT illuminates an ordinary American workplace and the characters who animate it. With a sharp eye for the absurdities of modern office life, and even deeper compassion for her characters, Medoff knocks this one out of the park. --Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You and Half a Life Jillian Medoff is one of those talented writers who make other less talented writers (myself) want to write flattering blurbs. Funny, painful, and ultimately redemptive, THIS COULD HURT is a beautifully drawn canvas of corporate America in all its lunacy. THIS COULD HURT won't. Hurt, I mean. See? I told you I wasn't a good writer. --John Kenney, Thurber Prize-winning author of Truth In Advertising Clear your Outlook calendar and have tissues at the ready for this huge-hearted page turner that reaffirms the healing power of plain old human kindness. --Courtney Maum, author of Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You Corporate America has been trying to stamp out individuality for decades but Jillian Medoff brings it back to fresh, sexy, sharply funny life again. This Could Hurt is a missive to everyone who feels stranded in an office: You are not alone. --Katherine Heiny, author of Standard Deviation Shrewd and deeply affecting. . . . Sharply drawn intimate details about the lives of each character add even greater depth and broaden the timeless appeal of this very smart, thoroughly absorbing story. --Shelf Awareness Incisive. . . .Medoff's scenarios will be familiar to everyone employed everywhere, no matter the company size, and she cogently captures the angst and celebrates the camaraderie of coworkers committed to group success while struggling with personal demons. --Booklist Witty. . . . wry and ironic. . . . a sharp and moving read. --Publishers Weekly A thoroughly satisfying character study and exploration of the social microcosm that is the modern workplace. Medoff . . . is a master of the small, telling detail that completely nails a person's psyche, delivering a cast of characters flawed yet struggling to redeem themselves. An ultimately hopeful, completely inventive tale. --Library Journal (starred review) Set within the cogs of corporate America, This Could Hurt tells the story of five colleagues struggling with professional tumult, uncertainty, and ambition. Jillian Medoff unfolds these characters' daily lives, the hours spent at the office, with precision and a strong dose of humanity. --Southern Living A delicious, satisfying book. . . . This Could Hurt is a worthy follow-up to Medoff's bestseller I Couldn't Love You More. Filled with heart and humor, it will ring true to anyone who's experienced both the cruelty and the camaraderie that make up the modern American workplace. --BookPage Mordantly funny. . . . Medoff, who has a long career in management consulting in addition to her work as a writer, paints her characters' work life in sharp detail. She also warmly sketches their personal lives, as parents and children, husbands and wives, and especially in their friendships with one another. . . . Medoff tells a tale that suggests that even in the worst of times, there really are human resources. --Tampa Bay Times [A] smart novel of corporate life. --Newsday An incredibly funny, incredibly human book. And it is, I think maybe the best book I've ever read about what work means, about how to do it better, about how to manage people, about how to be a good colleague, about the intra-personal relationships of an office. . . . I haven't read something with as much pleasure in six months. --David Plotz, Slate's Political Gabfest A sweet, sharp, funny tale. --Parade Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple


Medoff delves into the working and personal lives of those who work for Rosa and creates layered characters rather than clich�s. . . . This Could Hurt is a very enjoyable read and Medoff moves between the characters and their stories seamlessly. If there is a silver lining within the financial crisis, This Could Hurt might be it. --The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star A penetrative novel about how work--even the work we might resent or despise at times--forges strange and wonderful relationships and forces difficult choices. --Bookreporter This smart, jaunty novel takes the lid off a small company's faltering human resources department to reveal intrigue and backstabbing that only intensify when the boss gets sick. But, as Medoff deftly reminds us, decency can find a way of surfacing even among the filing cabinets. --People A smart, sympathetic dramedy. . . . It's like a New York novelization of The Office--with less winky, fourth wall-breaking satire and more heart. --Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple Searing, sexy and surprisingly funny, Jillian Medoff's This Could Hurt burns through the pages. No one is safe in this cruel but compassionate take on corporate America. I loved it. --Marcy Dermansky, author of The Red Car Tender and compelling, Jillian Medoff's THIS COULD HURT reveals what happens when the ties that bind us start to fray and we are called upon to care for each other. That these relationships are among coworkers in an HR department makes them as unpredictable as they are hilarious but always real and always entertaining. --George Hodgman, author of Bettyville The workplace novel has long been the territory of male novelists--well, no more. Medoff's provocative, comic portrait of modern American office life is a study of power, and how having it and wanting it, tests the bonds coworkers share far beyond the break room. It not only upends female stereotypes like a cheap desk, it also earns Medoff a place at the table. And all for seventy cents on the male dollar. --Elissa Schappell, author of Blueprints for Building Better Girls You wouldn't expect a corporate HR department to house a thrill-ride of a novel, but Jillian Medoff pulls off the impossible here. Funny, searing and wholly original, THIS COULD HURT illuminates an ordinary American workplace and the characters who animate it. With a sharp eye for the absurdities of modern office life, and even deeper compassion for her characters, Medoff knocks this one out of the park. --Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You and Half a Life Jillian Medoff is one of those talented writers who make other less talented writers (myself) want to write flattering blurbs. Funny, painful, and ultimately redemptive, THIS COULD HURT is a beautifully drawn canvas of corporate America in all its lunacy. THIS COULD HURT won't. Hurt, I mean. See? I told you I wasn't a good writer. --John Kenney, Thurber Prize-winning author of Truth In Advertising Clear your Outlook calendar and have tissues at the ready for this huge-hearted page turner that reaffirms the healing power of plain old human kindness. --Courtney Maum, author of Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You Corporate America has been trying to stamp out individuality for decades but Jillian Medoff brings it back to fresh, sexy, sharply funny life again. This Could Hurt is a missive to everyone who feels stranded in an office: You are not alone. --Katherine Heiny, author of Standard Deviation Shrewd and deeply affecting. . . . Sharply drawn intimate details about the lives of each character add even greater depth and broaden the timeless appeal of this very smart, thoroughly absorbing story. --Shelf Awareness Incisive. . . .Medoff's scenarios will be familiar to everyone employed everywhere, no matter the company size, and she cogently captures the angst and celebrates the camaraderie of coworkers committed to group success while struggling with personal demons. --Booklist Witty. . . . wry and ironic. . . . a sharp and moving read. --Publishers Weekly A thoroughly satisfying character study and exploration of the social microcosm that is the modern workplace. Medoff . . . is a master of the small, telling detail that completely nails a person's psyche, delivering a cast of characters flawed yet struggling to redeem themselves. An ultimately hopeful, completely inventive tale. --Library Journal (starred review) Set within the cogs of corporate America, This Could Hurt tells the story of five colleagues struggling with professional tumult, uncertainty, and ambition. Jillian Medoff unfolds these characters' daily lives, the hours spent at the office, with precision and a strong dose of humanity. --Southern Living A delicious, satisfying book. . . . This Could Hurt is a worthy follow-up to Medoff's bestseller I Couldn't Love You More. Filled with heart and humor, it will ring true to anyone who's experienced both the cruelty and the camaraderie that make up the modern American workplace. --BookPage Mordantly funny. . . . Medoff, who has a long career in management consulting in addition to her work as a writer, paints her characters' work life in sharp detail. She also warmly sketches their personal lives, as parents and children, husbands and wives, and especially in their friendships with one another. . . . Medoff tells a tale that suggests that even in the worst of times, there really are human resources. --Tampa Bay Times [A] smart novel of corporate life. --Newsday An incredibly funny, incredibly human book. And it is, I think maybe the best book I've ever read about what work means, about how to do it better, about how to manage people, about how to be a good colleague, about the intra-personal relationships of an office. . . . I haven't read something with as much pleasure in six months. --David Plotz, Slate's Political Gabfest A sweet, sharp, funny tale. --Parade Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple


Bitingly relatable and unexpectedly touching. --The Daily Break Medoff delves into the working and personal lives of those who work for Rosa and creates layered characters rather than clich�s. . . . This Could Hurt is a very enjoyable read and Medoff moves between the characters and their stories seamlessly. If there is a silver lining within the financial crisis, This Could Hurt might be it. --The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star A penetrative novel about how work--even the work we might resent or despise at times--forges strange and wonderful relationships and forces difficult choices. --Bookreporter This smart, jaunty novel takes the lid off a small company's faltering human resources department to reveal intrigue and backstabbing that only intensify when the boss gets sick. But, as Medoff deftly reminds us, decency can find a way of surfacing even among the filing cabinets. --People A smart, sympathetic dramedy. . . . It's like a New York novelization of The Office--with less winky, fourth wall-breaking satire and more heart. --Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple Searing, sexy and surprisingly funny, Jillian Medoff's This Could Hurt burns through the pages. No one is safe in this cruel but compassionate take on corporate America. I loved it. --Marcy Dermansky, author of The Red Car Tender and compelling, Jillian Medoff's THIS COULD HURT reveals what happens when the ties that bind us start to fray and we are called upon to care for each other. That these relationships are among coworkers in an HR department makes them as unpredictable as they are hilarious but always real and always entertaining. --George Hodgman, author of Bettyville The workplace novel has long been the territory of male novelists--well, no more. Medoff's provocative, comic portrait of modern American office life is a study of power, and how having it and wanting it, tests the bonds coworkers share far beyond the break room. It not only upends female stereotypes like a cheap desk, it also earns Medoff a place at the table. And all for seventy cents on the male dollar. --Elissa Schappell, author of Blueprints for Building Better Girls You wouldn't expect a corporate HR department to house a thrill-ride of a novel, but Jillian Medoff pulls off the impossible here. Funny, searing and wholly original, THIS COULD HURT illuminates an ordinary American workplace and the characters who animate it. With a sharp eye for the absurdities of modern office life, and even deeper compassion for her characters, Medoff knocks this one out of the park. --Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You and Half a Life Jillian Medoff is one of those talented writers who make other less talented writers (myself) want to write flattering blurbs. Funny, painful, and ultimately redemptive, THIS COULD HURT is a beautifully drawn canvas of corporate America in all its lunacy. THIS COULD HURT won't. Hurt, I mean. See? I told you I wasn't a good writer. --John Kenney, Thurber Prize-winning author of Truth In Advertising Clear your Outlook calendar and have tissues at the ready for this huge-hearted page turner that reaffirms the healing power of plain old human kindness. --Courtney Maum, author of Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You Corporate America has been trying to stamp out individuality for decades but Jillian Medoff brings it back to fresh, sexy, sharply funny life again. This Could Hurt is a missive to everyone who feels stranded in an office: You are not alone. --Katherine Heiny, author of Standard Deviation Shrewd and deeply affecting. . . . Sharply drawn intimate details about the lives of each character add even greater depth and broaden the timeless appeal of this very smart, thoroughly absorbing story. --Shelf Awareness Incisive. . . .Medoff's scenarios will be familiar to everyone employed everywhere, no matter the company size, and she cogently captures the angst and celebrates the camaraderie of coworkers committed to group success while struggling with personal demons. --Booklist Witty. . . . wry and ironic. . . . a sharp and moving read. --Publishers Weekly A thoroughly satisfying character study and exploration of the social microcosm that is the modern workplace. Medoff . . . is a master of the small, telling detail that completely nails a person's psyche, delivering a cast of characters flawed yet struggling to redeem themselves. An ultimately hopeful, completely inventive tale. --Library Journal (starred review) Set within the cogs of corporate America, This Could Hurt tells the story of five colleagues struggling with professional tumult, uncertainty, and ambition. Jillian Medoff unfolds these characters' daily lives, the hours spent at the office, with precision and a strong dose of humanity. --Southern Living A delicious, satisfying book. . . . This Could Hurt is a worthy follow-up to Medoff's bestseller I Couldn't Love You More. Filled with heart and humor, it will ring true to anyone who's experienced both the cruelty and the camaraderie that make up the modern American workplace. --BookPage Mordantly funny. . . . Medoff, who has a long career in management consulting in addition to her work as a writer, paints her characters' work life in sharp detail. She also warmly sketches their personal lives, as parents and children, husbands and wives, and especially in their friendships with one another. . . . Medoff tells a tale that suggests that even in the worst of times, there really are human resources. --Tampa Bay Times [A] smart novel of corporate life. --Newsday An incredibly funny, incredibly human book. And it is, I think maybe the best book I've ever read about what work means, about how to do it better, about how to manage people, about how to be a good colleague, about the intra-personal relationships of an office. . . . I haven't read something with as much pleasure in six months. --David Plotz, Slate's Political Gabfest A sweet, sharp, funny tale. --Parade Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple


Bitingly relatable and unexpectedly touching. --The Daily Break Medoff delves into the working and personal lives of those who work for Rosa and creates layered characters rather than clich�s. . . . This Could Hurt is a very enjoyable read and Medoff moves between the characters and their stories seamlessly. If there is a silver lining within the financial crisis, This Could Hurt might be it. --The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star A penetrative novel about how work--even the work we might resent or despise at times--forges strange and wonderful relationships and forces difficult choices. --Bookreporter This smart, jaunty novel takes the lid off a small company's faltering human resources department to reveal intrigue and backstabbing that only intensify when the boss gets sick. But, as Medoff deftly reminds us, decency can find a way of surfacing even among the filing cabinets. --People A smart, sympathetic dramedy. . . . It's like a New York novelization of The Office--with less winky, fourth wall-breaking satire and more heart. --Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books Searing, sexy and surprisingly funny, Jillian Medoff's This Could Hurt burns through the pages. No one is safe in this cruel but compassionate take on corporate America. I loved it. --Marcy Dermansky, author of The Red Car You wouldn't expect a corporate HR department to house a thrill-ride of a novel, but Jillian Medoff pulls off the impossible here. Funny, searing and wholly original, THIS COULD HURT illuminates an ordinary American workplace and the characters who animate it. With a sharp eye for the absurdities of modern office life, and even deeper compassion for her characters, Medoff knocks this one out of the park. --Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You and Half a Life Clear your Outlook calendar and have tissues at the ready for this huge-hearted page turner that reaffirms the healing power of plain old human kindness. --Courtney Maum, author of Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You Corporate America has been trying to stamp out individuality for decades but Jillian Medoff brings it back to fresh, sexy, sharply funny life again. This Could Hurt is a missive to everyone who feels stranded in an office: You are not alone. --Katherine Heiny, author of Standard Deviation Shrewd and deeply affecting. . . . Sharply drawn intimate details about the lives of each character add even greater depth and broaden the timeless appeal of this very smart, thoroughly absorbing story. --Shelf Awareness Incisive. . . .Medoff's scenarios will be familiar to everyone employed everywhere, no matter the company size, and she cogently captures the angst and celebrates the camaraderie of coworkers committed to group success while struggling with personal demons. --Booklist Witty. . . . wry and ironic. . . . a sharp and moving read. --Publishers Weekly A thoroughly satisfying character study and exploration of the social microcosm that is the modern workplace. Medoff . . . is a master of the small, telling detail that completely nails a person's psyche, delivering a cast of characters flawed yet struggling to redeem themselves. An ultimately hopeful, completely inventive tale. --Library Journal (starred review) Set within the cogs of corporate America, This Could Hurt tells the story of five colleagues struggling with professional tumult, uncertainty, and ambition. Jillian Medoff unfolds these characters' daily lives, the hours spent at the office, with precision and a strong dose of humanity. --Southern Living A delicious, satisfying book. . . . This Could Hurt is a worthy follow-up to Medoff's bestseller I Couldn't Love You More. Filled with heart and humor, it will ring true to anyone who's experienced both the cruelty and the camaraderie that make up the modern American workplace. --BookPage [A] smart novel of corporate life. --Newsday A sweet, sharp, funny tale. --Parade Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple


Medoff delves into the working and personal lives of those who work for Rosa and creates layered characters rather than clich's. . . . This Could Hurt is a very enjoyable read and Medoff moves between the characters and their stories seamlessly. If there is a silver lining within the financial crisis, This Could Hurt might be it. --The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star A penetrative novel about how work--even the work we might resent or despise at times--forges strange and wonderful relationships and forces difficult choices. --Bookreporter This smart, jaunty novel takes the lid off a small company's faltering human resources department to reveal intrigue and backstabbing that only intensify when the boss gets sick. But, as Medoff deftly reminds us, decency can find a way of surfacing even among the filing cabinets. --People A smart, sympathetic dramedy. . . . It's like a New York novelization of The Office--with less winky, fourth wall-breaking satire and more heart. --Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple Searing, sexy and surprisingly funny, Jillian Medoff's This Could Hurt burns through the pages. No one is safe in this cruel but compassionate take on corporate America. I loved it. --Marcy Dermansky, author of The Red Car Tender and compelling, Jillian Medoff's THIS COULD HURT reveals what happens when the ties that bind us start to fray and we are called upon to care for each other. That these relationships are among coworkers in an HR department makes them as unpredictable as they are hilarious but always real and always entertaining. --George Hodgman, author of Bettyville The workplace novel has long been the territory of male novelists--well, no more. Medoff's provocative, comic portrait of modern American office life is a study of power, and how having it and wanting it, tests the bonds coworkers share far beyond the break room. It not only upends female stereotypes like a cheap desk, it also earns Medoff a place at the table. And all for seventy cents on the male dollar. --Elissa Schappell, author of Blueprints for Building Better Girls You wouldn't expect a corporate HR department to house a thrill-ride of a novel, but Jillian Medoff pulls off the impossible here. Funny, searing and wholly original, THIS COULD HURT illuminates an ordinary American workplace and the characters who animate it. With a sharp eye for the absurdities of modern office life, and even deeper compassion for her characters, Medoff knocks this one out of the park. --Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You and Half a Life Jillian Medoff is one of those talented writers who make other less talented writers (myself) want to write flattering blurbs. Funny, painful, and ultimately redemptive, THIS COULD HURT is a beautifully drawn canvas of corporate America in all its lunacy. THIS COULD HURT won't. Hurt, I mean. See? I told you I wasn't a good writer. --John Kenney, Thurber Prize-winning author of Truth In Advertising Clear your Outlook calendar and have tissues at the ready for this huge-hearted page turner that reaffirms the healing power of plain old human kindness. --Courtney Maum, author of Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You Corporate America has been trying to stamp out individuality for decades but Jillian Medoff brings it back to fresh, sexy, sharply funny life again. This Could Hurt is a missive to everyone who feels stranded in an office: You are not alone. --Katherine Heiny, author of Standard Deviation Shrewd and deeply affecting. . . . Sharply drawn intimate details about the lives of each character add even greater depth and broaden the timeless appeal of this very smart, thoroughly absorbing story. --Shelf Awareness Incisive. . . .Medoff's scenarios will be familiar to everyone employed everywhere, no matter the company size, and she cogently captures the angst and celebrates the camaraderie of coworkers committed to group success while struggling with personal demons. --Booklist Witty. . . . wry and ironic. . . . a sharp and moving read. --Publishers Weekly A thoroughly satisfying character study and exploration of the social microcosm that is the modern workplace. Medoff . . . is a master of the small, telling detail that completely nails a person's psyche, delivering a cast of characters flawed yet struggling to redeem themselves. An ultimately hopeful, completely inventive tale. --Library Journal (starred review) Set within the cogs of corporate America, This Could Hurt tells the story of five colleagues struggling with professional tumult, uncertainty, and ambition. Jillian Medoff unfolds these characters' daily lives, the hours spent at the office, with precision and a strong dose of humanity. --Southern Living A delicious, satisfying book. . . . This Could Hurt is a worthy follow-up to Medoff's bestseller I Couldn't Love You More. Filled with heart and humor, it will ring true to anyone who's experienced both the cruelty and the camaraderie that make up the modern American workplace. --BookPage Mordantly funny. . . . Medoff, who has a long career in management consulting in addition to her work as a writer, paints her characters' work life in sharp detail. She also warmly sketches their personal lives, as parents and children, husbands and wives, and especially in their friendships with one another. . . . Medoff tells a tale that suggests that even in the worst of times, there really are human resources. --Tampa Bay Times [A] smart novel of corporate life. --Newsday An incredibly funny, incredibly human book. And it is, I think maybe the best book I've ever read about what work means, about how to do it better, about how to manage people, about how to be a good colleague, about the intra-personal relationships of an office. . . . I haven't read something with as much pleasure in six months. --David Plotz, Slate's Political Gabfest A sweet, sharp, funny tale. --Parade Uplifting and hilarious. --Real Simple


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Jillian Medoff is the acclaimed author of the national bestseller I Couldn't Love You More, as well as the novels Hunger Point and Good Girls Gone Bad. Her first novel, Hunger Point, was adapted into an original Lifetime movie. She has an MFA from NYU and has studied with writers including Mona Simpson, Jonathan Dee, and Alice Walker, and taken master classes with Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Grace Paley.

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