Well written, interestingly conceived, however, this book depressed me so much, I can barely move. ( )

I very much enjoyed reading this collection of short stories. Each chapter is about an employee of a company that was described in the first chapter of this book. Each of the stories was unique, but each at some point referred to the company for which the main character of each story worked. I liked that the stories were very different from one another and dealt with different aspects of each character’s life in a way that no two stories were similar. One of the stories I liked most liked was “A Book of Names, A Spreadsheet” because it told about the employees’ office which brought me back to thoughts and memories of my own office days, particularly the office never being the right temperature, and, more sadly, being laid off. I also was fascinated “The Human” with its look into the future as Michael was reunited with his old girlfriend Sabine when both were basically forced to live on the moon! These were beautiful, well written stories about how life went on with each person who lost a job. I was sorry the stories ended, but enjoyed reading about life after unemployment, although that in itself brought me back to some unpleasant memories which popped up as each character thought back on the challenges that came with loss of a job. ( )