CHICKEN NUGGET GIRL

<p><strong>Chicken Nugget Girl and Other Midlife Traumas</strong></p><p> <em>By Kate Torode</em></p><p>Mallory Reynolds is not okay. At thirty-eight she's juggling marriage burnout and the fine art of pretending everything is fine. Her days at OmnienTech are a blur of color-coded spreadsheets corporate jargon and passive-aggressive emails. Her nights? Hoarding unfinished sketchbooks writing essays she'll never share and perfecting a professional bob haircut.</p><p>Then one day Mallory walks away. No plan. No savings. Just too much oat milk and a desperate need for something real. What follows is a hilariously messy and deeply heartfelt journey into writing art radical honesty-and all the chaos that comes with chasing authenticity. Along the way Mallory must face impostor syndrome family guilt trips and even a dramatic plumbing disaster all while searching for truth belonging and maybe even a book deal.</p><p>In her darkly funny and emotionally resonant debut Kate Torode captures the unraveling-and rebuilding-of modern midlife. <strong>Chicken Nugget Girl and Other Midlife Traumas</strong> is a witty cathartic exploration of resilience reinvention and the snacks that get us through.</p><p>Perfect for readers who love sharp humor awkward honesty and characters who feel just a little too real.</p>