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Claire Flannery has quit her job in order to discover her true vocation - only to realize she has no idea how to go about finding it. Whilst everyone around her seems to have their lives entirely under control, Claire finds herself sinking under pressure and wondering where her own fell apart. Vogue calls it Pin sharp and utterly addictive.

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Now and again we all lie awake wondering what on earth we´re doing with our lives . . . don´t we?

Claire Flannery has had more than a few sleepless nights lately. Maybe she shouldn´t have walked out of her job with no idea what to do next. Maybe she should think before she speaks -- and maybe then her mother would start returning her calls. Maybe she should be spending more time going to art galleries, or reading up on current affairs, and less time in her pyjamas, entering competitions on the internet. Then again, maybe the perfect solution to life´s problems only arises when you stop looking for it . . .

´Warmth and wit leaps off the pages . . . sharp, incisive and laugh-out-loud funny´
Observer

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Lisa Owens is a comedy genius and a seriously skilful and beautiful writer. Not Working is so clever and original, pithy and poignant, capturing the voice of a bright, lost generation Emma Jane Unsworth, author of ANIMALS

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Owens, Lisa
Lisa Owens was born in 1985 and grew up in Glasgow and Hertfordshire. After reading English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, she spent six years working in publishing. In 2013, she completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Not Working is her first novel. She lives in London with her husband.

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