TY  - GEN
AU  - Ma, Ling 
TI  - Severance
SN  - 9781922330642
U1  - 813.6 MAL 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Melbourne, Australia
PB  - Text Publishing
KW  - English fiction
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Global capitalism
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Novel
KW  - Office politics
N1  - Includes Acknowledgements
N2  - Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine: her work, watching movies with her boyfriend, avoiding thoughts of her recently deceased Chinese immigrant parents. So she barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps the world.

Candace joins a small group of survivors, led by the power-hungry Bob, on their way to the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers?

A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Severance is a moving family story, a deadpan satire and a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.

https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/severance
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