I Only Cry with Emoticons
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Yuvi Zalkow
The Rumpus Book Club Pick, May 2022Most Anticipated Books of 2022, The Rumpus16 Upcoming Books from Indie Presses You'll Love, BuzzFeedBest Books of the Summer, Powell'sSaul doesn't get why he's misunderstood. At his high-tech day job, he hides in the bathroom writing a novel about his dead grandfather and wonders why his boss wants to fire him. He tells his almost ex-wife about a blind date and wonders why she slams the door in his face. He aches with worry for his seven-year-old son, who seems happier living with his mom and her new man.When the blind date becomes a complicated relationship, and Saul's blunders at work threaten the survival of the company, Saul has to wake up and confront his fears.I Only Cry with Emoticons is a quirky comedy that reveals the cost of being disconnected--even when we're using a dozen apps on our devices to communicate--and an awkward man's search for real connections, on and offline.
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Author
Yuvi Zalkow
Pages
232
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Published Date
2022
ISBN
1636280374 9781636280370
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"The writing style felt very unique (in a good way), while the plot was somehow unordinarily ordinary (also in a good way) and the author's choice of how to progress the story felt so intentional I couldn't help but appreciate their time and effort. To give a quick intro, this book is about Saul, a man working in tech, writing a novel, on the edge of divorce trying to understand how he got there and what to do about how badly he feels about it. "
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