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How to Be a Better Adult
How to Be a Better Adult
Series · 2 books · 2023-2025
By
Jacque Aye
Books in series
#1
How to Be a Better Adult
2023
Hope Obiako, disillusioned by her mundane existence as a lowly account specialist, discovers a mysterious handbook that drastically changes her life. Hope is a master performer, making a show of her competence and compliance. And while she really is both competent and compliant, no one at William Hensley & Associates seems to see it. But what they never saw coming, behind her quiet and agreeable personality, is Hope’s drive to “make it” by any magical means necessary. This book is "Sorry to Bother You" meets the surrealism of "Atlanta", plus some "Awkward Black Girl" mixed in for good measure! An afro-surrealist tale with magical undertones. If you like the themes in the work of Sayaka Murata and the magical realism of Haruki Murakami you'll enjoy this read.
#2
How to Escape Death
2025
Mona Kitt has it all. A high-powered job at Kline Turner Solutions. Expensive taste. A revolving door of suitors. And…
the ability to see the future
.
This has, of course, afforded her the luxury of staying three steps ahead of everyone around her. She sees future lovers, future opportunities, and future scandals to use as blackmail fodder. But unfortunately for Mona,
she also sees Death
, and she's in a race against time to save her soul. Can Mona confront her past to change her future?
This novella is the sequel to 2023’s
How to Be A Better Adult!
Dark comedy & Afro-surrealism with a bit of romance. For fans of
Atlanta,
Severence
, and
Sorry to Bother You
.
Author
Jacque Aye
Author · 12 books