Before the Mortgage Real Stories of Brazen Loves, Broken Leases, and the Perplexing Pursuit of Adulthood

Name: Before the Mortgage Real Stories of Brazen Loves, Broken Leases, and the Perplexing Pursuit of Adulthood
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ISBN: 9781416913580

ISBN-10: 1416913580

ISBN-13: 9781416913580

Edition: 2006

Authors: Christina Amini, Rachel Hutton

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The swank apartment, the killer job, and the perfect boyfriend/girlfriend haven't yet fallen into place. Is this really adulthood? Welcome to life before the mortgage. Here's what you need to know. Christina Amini and Rachel Hutton have brought together the very best writing on this unpredictable -- and often hilarious -- time. This book features essays by celebrated writers such as Joel Stein, Thisbe Nissen, Thomas Beller, Found magazine's Davy Rothbart, and ReadyMade's Shoshana Berger, as well as exciting new writers.

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Gallery Books
Publication date: 4/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Friends and collaborators Rachel Hutton and Christina Amini started the zine Before the Mortgage after leaving their first nine-to-five jobs in New York. Christina is an associate editor at Chronicle Books in San Francisco. Rachel, an editor and writer for Minnesota Monthly, lives in Minneapolis.



Introduction Work:Still an Intern After all These Years


Put Your Best Face Forward



I Was an Entry-Level Fiction Writer



Regrettable Interview Quotes Confessions of a Professional Flunky



Getawayas told to Ariana Lamorte Outstanding Intern Moments Portrait of the Bagel as a Young Man



Overheard in the Cubicle Brian-Sensei



Home:Where The Cockroaches Are The First Thanksgiving



Apartment Search Horror Stories Paradise Considered



Roommate Pet Peeves In My Tribe



Budget Recipes People Like You



Parents Are the New Friends



"So...Are You Two Together?"



Love:The Fling, The Disaster, "The One" Taking Off



On the Fringes of the Physical World



Fake Dating



He Said/She Said The X-Factor



Relationship Red Flags Always a Bridesmaid



Top Ten Signs He Might Not Be Prince Charming



On Finding the It Guy: An Inquiry into the You'll Know Theory



Unacceptable Dating Behavior LIFE:FROM COSTCO TO YOGA AND BACK Peaking at Ten



Costco-Obsessive Disorder



Forty-three Tickets for Brooklyn



The Breakfast Club



Budget Living Co-op Confessional



Another One Rides the Cometbus



Last Twenty-four Hours in New York



Things to Do Before the Mortgage


Contributors


Acknowledgments