Not sure why I picked up this book...I must have read something about it or someone mentioned it to me. I started reading it just last night and could not stop. Maybe it is my past history as a bureaucrat...Josephine and her husband are having a hard time...they have moved from the hinterland to the big city and are trying to make it. One of the early scenes is the eviction from their apartment. But things are looking up! They are both employed again but Josephine is not thrilled with her job. She is a bureaucrat...typing numbers into a database without context and screen protection. Soon her eyes are very red much like her only friend on the job, Trishiffany (her mother couldn't decide between Trish and Tiffany). Her boss is faceless and has horrible breath and now her husband doesn't come home a few times but with no acceptable explanation (had to work late). Josephine and hubby are bouncing between short term sublets, each perhaps *slightly* better than the last as they try to save up some money and start a family. I can't say a whole lot more without including some spoilers. As much as this doesn't sound like something that will keep you on the edge of your seat, but somehow it is. Bureaucracy at its best!
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