Return on Investment by Magdalena Waz (e-book)

We're thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of , the delightfully strange debut novel by Magdalena Waz, winner of the Fiction Attic Press Debut Novel Prize.

From the Publisher

Return on Investment is a wickedly smart, deceptively powerful novel about the uneasy intersection of human connection and commerce. The unforgettable characters in Return on Investment--motivated by love, lust, and economic necessity--make difficult and often surprising choices as they attempt to carve out a niche for themselves in a trying economy. Magdalena Waz is a fresh, exciting new voice in fiction.

About the Novel

Laurie partially succeeds at becoming a human breast pump, a job that relies heavily on the natural and organic movement to convince new mothers that they don’t need machines to extract breast milk. But when the situation at her job goes sour, she devises a plan to work less and earn more. A dreamer at best and a steam-roller at worst, Laurie hopes to prove to the world that being in an office 9-5 is only for those without an imagination. Her second scheme draws a young housekeeper, a bachelorette party babysitter, and a data entry clerk into the business of manufactured intimacy, a business more dangerous than Laurie is willing to admit. 

About the Author

Magdalena Waz's fiction and essays have appeared in Threadcount, The Collagist, and Rabbit Catastrophe Review. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Miami University (Ohio) and currently lives in Brooklyn.