“One aspect of human resilience, in all its marvelousness, was the ability to recalibrate, to adjust to new circumstances with astonishing speed.”
All in contemporary fiction
Chemistry by Weike Wang
She is tired of calling places like Bit Lots and Marshalls and asking if they can offer her a job. Over the phone, they can hear her accent and say that the job was recently filled.
Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan
“Nora never spoke about the past…She always acted like an emotion expressed was the most dangerous thing in the world.”
Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik
"This is like volunteering my literary services to help people have a better understanding of the Muslim world; a bit of light relief in the fact of chronic darkness."
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
Her life may not be picture perfect yet, with the crushingly long commute, the box room of a bedroom in a flat-share and the oh so tight budget. But the world doesn’t need to know that. Lucky for her, instagram has afforded her the ability to portray a life that she wants people to believe she is living. In London she is Cat, not country girl Katie, brought up by a single dad in the dull hinterlands.