Sad Sacked

By: Liz Alterman

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Paperback | 4 June 2024

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"A sweaty, funny examination into suburban marriage, motherhood, social status and all the other reasons I left New Jersey." Joel Stein, columnist for Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times

The last person Liz Alterman expects to hear from during her Thanksgiving prep is her husband, Rich. He never calls from his job at a busy Manhattan newsroom. And he never will again, because he's just been laid off. Two months later, Liz is downsized, too.

At first, Rich is enchanted with his new leisurely lifestyle. But when he's still unemployed six months later, his euphoric mood devolves into depression and despair. It falls to Liz to figure out how to support their family of five and keep up appearances in their well-to-do suburb, where even nannies drive the latest model Lexus.

Sad Sacked blends the wit of Nora Ephron's Heartburn with the madcap hilarity of Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette to expose the pressure on women to put on a happy face even as their world falls apart. In Liz Alterman's gifted hands, we laugh until we cry about what happens when the bottom drops out.

Industry Reviews

"A sweaty, funny examination into suburban marriage, motherhood, social status and all the other reasons I left New Jersey." Joel Stein, columnist for Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times

"A funny memoir about things that are not super funny." Zibby Owens, author of Bookends: A Memoir Of Love, Loss, And Literature

"Liz has turned personal layoff lemons into a delicious lemon souffle!" Susan RoAne, author of the classic How To Work a Room and The Secrets of Savvy Networking

"Will have you laughing and crying... you need this book." Annabelle Gurwitch, New York Times bestselling author of You're Leaving When?

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