Notes from Nadir
by Lisa
Maliga
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BLURB:
A
Los Angeles-based writer returns to her Midwestern home due to financial
difficulties. Moving back in with Mom, she lands a job at an online auction
site. From encountering wacky characters to dealing with unsympathetic
relatives, to her mother's health issues, the narrator struggles with being in
Nadir--the place and the state of mind.
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Excerpt
Three:
From Chapter 47 – Manic Monday
Right before lunch, one of the Packers came over and
announced: "Bakery donuts downstairs in the warehouse … main door!"
On a Monday? Rita smiled and turned to me, "That's
great! They sometimes donate donuts from the bakery down the street. It's
really a great place…" she got up and was heading for the stairs a lot
faster than I'd seen her move since I began working there.
I followed her; I could walk faster than she could, as I
didn't wear a size 18. I knew her size because she saw a pair of large black
pants on my cart and said they'd fit her and placed a bid on them. She didn't
win them as some other fatso from Nebraska did.
Near the main door I saw a big flimsy pink cardboard box on
top of a dilapidated table. It was surrounded by red shirted employees.
Most of the warehouse employees didn't wear gloves. They
spent the day handling pee-stained rugs and bedding, cast off toys and games,
old electronics, mildewed books, filthy furniture with chewed up legs and torn
upholstery; all manner of junk. And they were pawing through the donut
selection. Not a napkin or paper towel in sight. But that didn't stop Rita or
any of the other workers. A toothless worker wearing a faded, almost pink shirt
decorated with holes, licked his fingers. Free food, free dessert, and free
germs!
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Lisa Maliga
has been writing ever since she learned how to put crayon to paper back in kindergarten.
Since then, she has learned to type and uses a laptop, citing it as way more
convenient. She still makes and uses her own soapy creations. You'll find more
about her work at:
http://www.lisamaliga.com
http://lisamaliga.wordpress.com
http://pinterest.com/lisamaliga
https://twitter.com/LisaMaliga
http://www.goodreads.com/LisaMaliga
http://www.everythingsheacreates.com
NOTES FROM
NADIR – Book Links
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2 comments:
Nice excerpt
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