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This Could Hurt
This Could Hurt | Jillian Medoff
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"Searing, sexy, and surprisingly funny, Jillian Medoffs 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 A funny and deeply felt novel that illuminates the pivotal role of work in our livesa riveting fusion of The Nest, Up in the Air, and Then We Came to the End that captures the emotional complexities of five HR colleagues trying to balance ambition, hope, and fear as their small company is buffeted by economic forces that threaten to upend them. 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 companys 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 somethinga romance, a promotionto 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 placesthat 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 constantRosa, 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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ErikasMindfulShelf
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Mehso-so

Book 3 of #NewYearWhoDis @Lauren.Archer
Didn‘t connect with this one. Maybe because I‘ve never worked in an office? This was the only book on the list that wasn‘t on my radar already.

monalyisha The word “corporate” in a book blurb tends to scare me off. Good try, though! 6y
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Well-ReadNeck
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Reviewsbylola I loved And Then We Came to the End so seeing that comparison in the blurb has me pumped for this one! 6y
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auntie_jenn
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loved that this novel took place in a workplace and explored the relationships between the colleagues...although a bit too close to home at times. 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Reviewsbylola This sounds great! 6y
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...on the move like an undercover agent... he turned out to be a colossally inept secret agent.

ReadZenRites 😁 Great line! 6y
charl08 @ReadZenRites It's a funny book. 6y
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charl08
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It's been in my library pile for ages: really good so far. Multi-voice in an HR office, from the 'wizard' director to the guy who's looking for another job... Captures that what you think is going on, is only ever a partial view.

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BeththeBookDragon
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Stressful, considering mi husband is currently working in a corporate office that has had a lot of layoffs in the last year 😳

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Sassy_Steph
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This book felt a bit long, but I did enjoy it, I kept having flashes of up in the air while reading it! A great look at the inner workings of an office and office politics! Definitely worth a read!!!

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Sassy_Steph
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Love this!!

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Sassy_Steph
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All I want to do is read! Read, read and read some more!!!

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Sassy_Steph
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Most days!!

JoScho 🙌🏼 7y
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Sassy_Steph
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So glad I was out and about and busy today, as it didn‘t give me time to miss litsy! So glad it‘s back up and running!!

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JoScho 🙌🏼 7y
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Sassy_Steph
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I‘m reading this one right now and enjoying it!! Oh office politics!!!

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Sassy_Steph
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Reading and exercise! It‘s a win win!!

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Sassy_Steph
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Ha ha ha haha

MrBook 😂👏🏻 7y
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Sassy_Steph
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My plans of hibernating and reading all day have been thwarted! A coworker had a shift today but is overwhelmed by all her school assignments so I took her shift so she won‘t be as stressed!! At least I get to be around books all day!!

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Sassy_Steph
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That‘s how it all starts!!!

Reviewsbylola ME TOO!! 7y
Tav Me too... that always went by way too quickly 7y
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Sassy_Steph
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Well I‘ve been reading a little bit before I have to trudge off to work today! I think I‘ll dedicate my day off tomorrow to reading! I need to stop starting new books and just finish one already!!!

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mdermansky
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Loved THIS COULD HURT. Funny and smart and sexy and a little bit sad, all set in corporate headquarters. Reminded me of when I worked in HR, how all of our lives became interwined.

Lauren.Archer I felt the same way. 7y
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Lauren.Archer
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This was the perfect book to get me out of my slump. Coming from the HR world this felt real and uncomfortable at times. I absolutely loved each character and wanted to see how their story progressed. Bonus..loved the epilogue.

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Lauren.Archer
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So I just bailed after 50 pages on two books. Hopefully this will go a little better.

susanw Good luck! 7y
mariaku21 The cover looks interesting! 7y
minkyb Good luck! 7y
SheReadsAndWrites This does look interesting! Keep us posted... 7y
cariashley Just read about this book and really want to get my hands on it, especially since I work in HR! 7y
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Well-ReadNeck
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This is the first novel about corporate America that I have ever read and can honestly say is a feel good book with a lot of heart. Lots of compassion and redemption for all of the characters. Worth reading just for the positive attitude.

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Texreader
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Just saw this review from the NY Post. As an employment lawyer I thought this one sounds good! On my tbr list now.

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Librarylady
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I have been super busy this week. Today, however, I'm enjoying lying on the couch with this book. So good.

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SophfroniaScott
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Authors and Booksellers reception at the offices of @HarperCollins this week! Had the pleasure of meeting Jillian Medoff. Her forthcoming novel, THIS COULD HURT, drops in January.