The only problem is that the bank that hired her has just gone under in the economic crash of 2008. Mona is the girl who succeeds at everything she tries, and she graduates from college certain that she’ll put her finance degree to good use in her new job at a megabank in New York. Find her on Twitter and Instagram: sharp, painfully honest debut centers on Mona Mireles, a struggling (more like drowning) millennial. She lives with her family in Oakland, California. She’s attended the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Tin House Writers Workshop, and Lit Camp. Her short story, “Cosmic Blues,” was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers, and her stories and essays have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. Mona’s journey asks the question: When we find what gives our life meaning, will we be ready for it?īefore becoming a writer, Elizabeth Gonzalez James was a waitress, a pollster, an Avon lady, and an opera singer.
The more Mona craves perfection and order, the more she is forced to see that it is never attainable. In the financial and social malaise of the early 2000s, Mona walks a knife’s edge as she faces down unemployment, underemployment, the complexities of adult relationships, and the downward spiral of her parents’ shattering marriage. Mona’s the sort who says exactly the right thing at absolutely the wrong moments, seeing the world through a cynic’s eyes. Mona is a Millennial perfectionist who fails upwards in the midst of the 2008 economic crisis.ĭespite her potential, and her top- of-her-class college degree, Mona finds herself unemployed, living with her parents, and adrift in life and love.
#Mona and the sea of squares professional
In this sharp, witty debut, Elizabeth Gonzalez James introduces us to Mona Mireles - observant to a fault, unflinching in her opinions, and uncompromisingly confident in her professional abilities.
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