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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 238 pages. Core Life Endeavours? Connie thinks. What are Core Life Endeavours? Is changi ng into elasticised pants a Core Life Endeavour?Wry, real and astute, the se linked stories are from an exciting new talent.Mel?s ?failing at a stupid, screwed-up sales job, selling stupid plastic shelving? Her days at P acific Wave Plastics are numbered.Vic bikes through Christchurch collecti ng mementoes from the houses she has lived in, while her ex-partner Emma makes t he decision to move to Auckland to work at . . . a plastics factory.And s o the chain characters connect obliquely or walk from one story to the next, oft en oblivious to each other yet united by their daily struggle to negotiate relat ionships while they try to survive employment, or avoid it, or face getting fire d.?An utterly absorbing experience that reminded me of Elizabeth Strout ?s wonderful Olive Kitteridge. I kept catching my breath as I came across fami liar detail presented with a fresh and loving eye. This is simply a must read.? ? ? Fiona Kidman. …