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The Shape of Things to Come - by Maud Casey (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Author(s): Maud Casey
- 272 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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Isabelle, a woman in her thirties without any of the trappings of a grown-up life, has just been fired from her job at a San Francisco phone company. Returning to the midwestern suburb of her childhood, Standardsville, Illinois, she contends with her dating single mother, a neighbor who once appeared on The Honeymooners, and an ex-boyfriend. She also becomes a mystery shopper for a temp agency, posing as a variety of potential tenants for newly built suburban communities to access their exclusive services.
Enchanted by the possiblities of disguise, Isabelle spins a web of lies that keeps the world at a distance until she unearths long-kept secrets that force her to rethink everything she thought she knew.
Review Quotes
"A startling debut. [Casey's] fresh voice emerges like a song that's bound to be a hit." - Virginia Quarterly Review
"Maud Casey's accomplished first novel, takes up with the endearingly subversive Isabelle . . . - Elle