Days of Distraction Book

Author: Alexandra Chang

The 24 year old narrator spends her days reporting on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley billionaires, while her own request for a raise gets bumped from manager. When her longtime boyfriend, J, decides to move to update New York for grad school, she agrees to follow him, hoping to make a grand gesture of commitment and reshape her sense of self. 

Told in spare but powerful prose, Days of Distraction is an offbeat coming of adulthood tale, a touching family story, and a razor sharp appraisal of our times.