Break in Case of EmergencyExtremely funny a satirical masterpiece that is tender and existentially minded as well. I loved it! Elizabeth McKenzie, author of THE PORTABLE VEBLEN Very smart and juicy and weird and entertaining it reads like a chick lit plot written by Franzen Curtis Sittenfeld Jen has reached her early thirties and has all but abandoned a once promising painting career when, spurred by the economic crisis, she takes a poorly defined job at a feminist nonprofit.