I’ve recently graduated from college- two terms early, on a grey and rainy day in mid-December. Since then I moved back in with my parents, and my efforts of job searching less and less productive by the day. It’s all sent me slipping into a not-great depressive episode to say the least. I’ve seemingly regress back into the lazy, friendless, depression and anxiety filled teenage girl I thought was finally past me. I’m loosing all my college friends, watching them through social media as I can’t muster up the energy to even make a phone call and pretend I’m doing okay, can’t pull myself out of bed long enough to do the things that brought me joy in college, and I don’t know how many more LinkedIn applications I got in me.
I’m looking for books on characters that experience a big change in their lives and have to start fresh. In most books I’ve read they have this developed community, established friends, things they do in a day. No, I want to read about friendless losers (said lovingly). I want a character that has to do all those things within the pages of a book- basically a vicarious guide on making friends again, making romantic connections, finding a passion, building community, changing their lives for the better- doing it scared and tired but doing it anyway. Something sweet and hopeful pretty please! A character in a similar position, i.e. post grad, back in their hometown or in a new city, in their early twenties- would be great, but not absolutely needed.
by stressedandfingtired