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The provided passages describe "The New Me" as a novel that explores the internal struggles of its protagonist, thirty-year-old Millie. Millie is depicted as being unable to "pull it together" [Passage 2], spending her days in a "thankless temp job" and her nights contemplating life changes while watching TV [Passage 2].
The central theme appears to revolve around the protagonist's aspirations for a better life and the realization of their hollowness. As Millie contemplates a potential full-time job offer, she experiences a "paralyzing realization, lurking just beneath the surface, of how hollow that vision has become" [Passage 2]. The passages do not explicitly state the overarching central thesis of the text.
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of how hollow that vision has become. "Wretchedly riveting" (The New Yorker) and "masterfully cringe-inducing" (Chicago Tribune), The New Me is the must-read new novel by National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree and Granta Best Young American novelist Halle Butler. Named a Best Book of the Decade by Vox, and a Best Book of 2019 by Vanity Fair, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, Mashable, Bustle, and NPR Categories: Fiction Pages: 210 Snippet: "Wretchedly riveting" (The New Yorker) and "masterfully cringe-inducing" (Chicago Tribune), The New Me is the must-read new novel by…
Title: The New Me by Halle Butler Description: "[A] definitive work of millennial literature . . . wretchedly riveting." —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker “Girls + Office Space + My Year of Rest and Relaxation + anxious sweating = The New Me.” —Entertainment Weekly I'm still trying to make the dream possible: still might finish my cleaning project, still might sign up for that yoga class, still might, still might. I step into the shower and almost faint, an image of taking the day by the throat and bashing its head against the wall floating in my mind. Thirty-year-old Millie just can't pull it…