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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker cover image

Claire-Louise Bennett Reads “Invisible Bird”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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I'd Worked All That Long, and Had No Contract?

When i hung up my coat and scarf, my hands were shaking. This was absolutely not the place for any personal distress to be admitted. I really couldn't believe i got myself into such a hackneyed situation as this. The predictability of it made me livid. At the same time, i hadn desire to amuse him further by playing the desperate wretch in this abject senario. So i quietly gave him just a small piece of my mind, then went off down the stairs,. trembling, trembling, trembling. Things were getting pretty desperate by this time, so i went about finding a new position right away - an ordinary cafe on wicklow street.

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