As the title would suggest, Ayun Holliday’s Job Hopper is about her inability to hold down employment for long, a history of her time flitting from one low-paid job to another in the time before she became a writer and mother. I always enjoy Ayun’s books. She comes across as fun, likeable and quirky and her love of life is obvious. The fact that she finds joy in, and even misses, this low-paid work is testament to her ability to make the most of every experience. Which isn’t to say I understand why anyone would miss waitressing… My one criticism is that the stories here were clearly written separately and then made into a book later, making it a little disconnected, with no real narrative tension. Still, it’s a good read, and I’d especially recommend it to anyone in low-paid work in need of tips to make life more interesting.
It looks like it’s out out print but there are still secondhand copies to be found.
