Jillian
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Jillian (2015)

Halle Butler

Others: Negative

Megan, de veinticuatro años, tiene toda su vida por delante pero la siente como un callejón sin salida en lo que considera un terrible trabajo como recepcionista en una clínica y su tremendo resentimiento por el éxito y la felicidad de todos los que la rodean. Pero nadie aviva la amargura de Megan como su compañera de trabajo Jillian, una madre soltera de treinta y cinco años insoportablemente optimista cuyo alegre positivismo se ve oscurecido por sus constantes tropiezos. Las vidas de Megan y Jillian se vuelven cada vez más precarias a medida que sus mecanismos para afrontar sus problemas —negación, libros de autoayuda, alcohol, religión, analgésicos recetados, críticas obsesivas, novios alienados y, en el caso de Jillian, la adopción de un perro— las meten en un círculo de autodestrucción. La verdadera villana del libro no es ni Megan ni Jillian, ni ninguna persona en sus vidas, sino sus propias trampas, así que descargan su ira sobre ella mismas y contra todos los que las rodean. Malvadamente auténtica y brutalmente divertida, Jillian es un retrato subversivo de dos mujeres atrapadas en ciclos de autoengaño y autodestrucción, cada una más parecida a la otra de lo que les gustaría admitir.

ISBN:
9781474617574
Length:
179 pages

Genres: literary fiction

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