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International Workers' Day 2020: Fiction about Essential Workers and Community Helpers

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This list is created in honor of International Workers' Day 2020 (May 1, 2020) to highlight essential workers, community helpers, and labor unions in fiction. Annotations from Kirkus Reviews, unless otherwise noted. (Created April 2020)

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Last Night at the Lobster

Last Night at the Lobster

A Novel

by O'Nan, Stewart

eBook - 2007

O'Nan's tenth novel (after The Good Wife ) demonstrates once again why the author is known as the "bard of the working class." (Library Journal) O'Nan's tenth novel (after The Good Wife ) demonstrates once again why the author is known as the "bard of the working class." (Library Journal) Show less

O'Nan's tenth novel (after The Good Wife ) demonstrates once again why the author is known as the "bard of the working class." (Library Journal) O'Nan's tenth novel (after The Good Wife ) demonstrates once again why the author is known as the "bard of the working class." (Library Journal) Show less

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Deep River

Deep River

A Novel

by Marlantes, Karl

eBook - 2019

Marlantes (What it Is Like to Go To War, 2011, etc.) moves from the jungles of Vietnam to the old-growth forests of Washington in this saga of labor and love. Marlantes (What it Is Like to Go To War, 2011, etc.) moves from the jungles of Vietnam to the old-growth forests of Washington in this saga of labor and love. Show less

Marlantes (What it Is Like to Go To War, 2011, etc.) moves from the jungles of Vietnam to the old-growth forests of Washington in this saga of labor and love. Marlantes (What it Is Like to Go To War, 2011, etc.) moves from the jungles of Vietnam to the old-growth forests of Washington in this saga of labor and love. Show less

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Number One Chinese Restaurant

Number One Chinese Restaurant

A Novel

by Li, Lillian

eBook - 2018

The owner and employees of a venerable Chinese restaurant in the D.C. suburbs face drastic changes in their lives and routines. The owner and employees of a venerable Chinese restaurant in the D.C. suburbs face drastic changes in their lives and routines. Show less

The owner and employees of a venerable Chinese restaurant in the D.C. suburbs face drastic changes in their lives and routines. The owner and employees of a venerable Chinese restaurant in the D.C. suburbs face drastic changes in their lives and routines. Show less

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Behold the Dreamers

Behold the Dreamers

by Mbue, Imbolo

eBook - 2016

The American dream is put to the test by the economic disaster of 2007. The American dream is put to the test by the economic disaster of 2007. Show less

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Lawn Boy

Lawn Boy

by Evison, Jonathan

eBook - 2018

Mike Muñoz just can't seem to get ahead. It's one crappy landscaping job after another. (Library Journal) Mike Muñoz just can't seem to get ahead. It's one crappy landscaping job after another. (Library Journal) Show less

Mike Muñoz just can't seem to get ahead. It's one crappy landscaping job after another. (Library Journal) Mike Muñoz just can't seem to get ahead. It's one crappy landscaping job after another. (Library Journal) Show less

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The Women of the Copper Country

The Women of the Copper Country

by Russell, Mary Doria

eBook - 2019

Russell (Epitaph, 2015, etc.) offers a lesson in American labor relations in this fictional portrait of Anna Klobuchar Clements, a 25-year-old miner's wi...Show more Russell (Epitaph, 2015, etc.) offers a lesson in American labor relations in this fictional portrait of Anna Klobuchar Clements, a 25-year-old miner's wife who led a wildcat strike against the large Calumet, Michigan, copper mining company Calumet & Hecla in 1913. Show less

Russell (Epitaph, 2015, etc.) offers a lesson in American labor relations in this fictional portrait of Anna Klobuchar Clements, a 25-year-old miner's wi...Show more Russell (Epitaph, 2015, etc.) offers a lesson in American labor relations in this fictional portrait of Anna Klobuchar Clements, a 25-year-old miner's wife who led a wildcat strike against the large Calumet, Michigan, copper mining company Calumet & Hecla in 1913. Show less

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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

by Mengestu, Dinaw

eBook - 2007

After 17 years, an Ethiopian immigrant wonders to what extent he has become an American. After 17 years, an Ethiopian immigrant wonders to what extent he has become an American. Show less

After 17 years, an Ethiopian immigrant wonders to what extent he has become an American. After 17 years, an Ethiopian immigrant wonders to what extent he has become an American. Show less

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Remembrance

Remembrance

by Monroe, Mary

eBook - 2018

Volunteering at a soup kitchen during the Christmas season to navigate midlife doubts, a family woman finds unexpected comfort in a relationship with a homeless man. (NoveList) Volunteering at a soup kitchen during the Christmas season to navigate midlife doubts, a family woman finds unexpected comfort in a relationship with a homeless man. (NoveList) Show less

Volunteering at a soup kitchen during the Christmas season to navigate midlife doubts, a family woman finds unexpected comfort in a relationship with a homeless man. (NoveList) Volunteering at a soup kitchen during the Christmas season to navigate midlife doubts, a family woman finds unexpected comfort in a relationship with a homeless man. (NoveList) Show less

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Convenience Store Woman

Convenience Store Woman

by Murata, Sayaka

eBook - 2018

A sly take on modern work culture and social conformism, told through one woman's 18-year tenure as a convenience store employee. A sly take on modern work culture and social conformism, told through one woman's 18-year tenure as a convenience store employee. Show less

A sly take on modern work culture and social conformism, told through one woman's 18-year tenure as a convenience store employee. A sly take on modern work culture and social conformism, told through one woman's 18-year tenure as a convenience store employee. Show less

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Kitchens of the Great Midwest

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

A Novel

by Stradal, J. Ryan

eBook - 2015

A young girl navigates a tumultuous childhood to become one of the top chefs in the country in this delicious debut from Stradal. A young girl navigates a tumultuous childhood to become one of the top chefs in the country in this delicious debut from Stradal. Show less

A young girl navigates a tumultuous childhood to become one of the top chefs in the country in this delicious debut from Stradal. A young girl navigates a tumultuous childhood to become one of the top chefs in the country in this delicious debut from Stradal. Show less

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Sweetbitter

Sweetbitter

by Danler, Stephanie

eBook - 2016

An ingénue from the Midwest learns the ways of the world, and the flesh, during her year as a back waiter at a top Manhattan restaurant. An ingénue from the Midwest learns the ways of the world, and the flesh, during her year as a back waiter at a top Manhattan restaurant. Show less

An ingénue from the Midwest learns the ways of the world, and the flesh, during her year as a back waiter at a top Manhattan restaurant. An ingénue from the Midwest learns the ways of the world, and the flesh, during her year as a back waiter at a top Manhattan restaurant. Show less

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Lake City

Lake City

A Novel

by Kohnstamm, Thomas B.

eBook - 2019

Lane was sure he had escaped Lake City for good. But suddenly he's back slicing meat at a discount deli counter and grubbing his mom's boyfriend's beers. Lane was sure he had escaped Lake City for good. But suddenly he's back slicing meat at a discount deli counter and grubbing his mom's boyfriend's beers. Show less

Lane was sure he had escaped Lake City for good. But suddenly he's back slicing meat at a discount deli counter and grubbing his mom's boyfriend's beers. Lane was sure he had escaped Lake City for good. But suddenly he's back slicing meat at a discount deli counter and grubbing his mom's boyfriend's beers. Show less

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Post Office

Post Office

by Bukowski, Charles

eBook - 2007

Charles Bukowski's highly autobiographical novel is a hilarious, lurid account of the central character Henry Chinaski's hand-to-mouth world of beer, one-...Show more Charles Bukowski's highly autobiographical novel is a hilarious, lurid account of the central character Henry Chinaski's hand-to-mouth world of beer, one-night stands and race-tracks, interspersed with grim details of life working for the Post Office. (NoveList) Show less

Charles Bukowski's highly autobiographical novel is a hilarious, lurid account of the central character Henry Chinaski's hand-to-mouth world of beer, one-...Show more Charles Bukowski's highly autobiographical novel is a hilarious, lurid account of the central character Henry Chinaski's hand-to-mouth world of beer, one-night stands and race-tracks, interspersed with grim details of life working for the Post Office. (NoveList) Show less

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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

A Novel

by Zevin, Gabrielle

eBook - 2014

Zevin (Margarettown, 2006, etc.) chronicles the life of A. J. Fikry, a man who holds no brief for random acts, who yearns for a distinct narrative, who flounders about until his life is reordered by happenstance. Zevin (Margarettown, 2006, etc.) chronicles the life of A. J. Fikry, a man who holds no brief for random acts, who yearns for a distinct narrative, who flounders about until his life is reordered by happenstance. Show less

Zevin (Margarettown, 2006, etc.) chronicles the life of A. J. Fikry, a man who holds no brief for random acts, who yearns for a distinct narrative, who flounders about until his life is reordered by happenstance. Zevin (Margarettown, 2006, etc.) chronicles the life of A. J. Fikry, a man who holds no brief for random acts, who yearns for a distinct narrative, who flounders about until his life is reordered by happenstance. Show less

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Dreamland

Dreamland

by Baker, Kevin

eBook - 2002

Follows a young Eastern European stowaway from his 1909 arrival in New York City, through his rise to power in a Manhattan underworld organization, to the birth of the labor union movement. (NoveList) Follows a young Eastern European stowaway from his 1909 arrival in New York City, through his rise to power in a Manhattan underworld organization, to the birth of the labor union movement. (NoveList) Show less

Follows a young Eastern European stowaway from his 1909 arrival in New York City, through his rise to power in a Manhattan underworld organization, to the birth of the labor union movement. (NoveList) Follows a young Eastern European stowaway from his 1909 arrival in New York City, through his rise to power in a Manhattan underworld organization, to the birth of the labor union movement. (NoveList) Show less

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Trauma Plan

Trauma Plan

by Calvert, Candace

eBook - 2012

In order to prepare herself to return to work after being assaulted, ER nurse Riley Hale volunteers at a free clinic run by a demanding yet compassionate doctor for whom she develops feelings, until questions about his past begin to arise. (NoveList) In order to prepare herself to return to work after being assaulted, ER nurse Riley Hale volunteers at a free clinic run by a demanding yet compassionate doctor for whom she develops feelings, until questions about his past begin to arise. (NoveList) Show less

In order to prepare herself to return to work after being assaulted, ER nurse Riley Hale volunteers at a free clinic run by a demanding yet compassionate doctor for whom she develops feelings, until questions about his past begin to arise. (NoveList) In order to prepare herself to return to work after being assaulted, ER nurse Riley Hale volunteers at a free clinic run by a demanding yet compassionate doctor for whom she develops feelings, until questions about his past begin to arise. (NoveList) Show less

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Rescue Team

Rescue Team

by Calvert, Candace

eBook - 2013

Rescue Team, the second in Calvert’s exciting Grace Medical series, follows Californian Kate Callison as she struggles to succeed in her role as ER director for Austin Grace Hospital. (NoveList) Rescue Team, the second in Calvert’s exciting Grace Medical series, follows Californian Kate Callison as she struggles to succeed in her role as ER director for Austin Grace Hospital. (NoveList) Show less

Rescue Team, the second in Calvert’s exciting Grace Medical series, follows Californian Kate Callison as she struggles to succeed in her role as ER director for Austin Grace Hospital. (NoveList) Rescue Team, the second in Calvert’s exciting Grace Medical series, follows Californian Kate Callison as she struggles to succeed in her role as ER director for Austin Grace Hospital. (NoveList) Show less

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Symptoms of A Heartbreak

Symptoms of A Heartbreak

by Charaipotra, Sona

eBook - 2019

"Dr. Girl Genius" Saira Sehgal is America's youngest pediatric oncologist at age 16; she can't drive, but she can save lives—and she does in the opening chapters of this hilarious and touching rom-com. "Dr. Girl Genius" Saira Sehgal is America's youngest pediatric oncologist at age 16; she can't drive, but she can save lives—and she does in the opening chapters of this hilarious and touching rom-com. Show less

"Dr. Girl Genius" Saira Sehgal is America's youngest pediatric oncologist at age 16; she can't drive, but she can save lives—and she does in the opening chapters of this hilarious and touching rom-com. "Dr. Girl Genius" Saira Sehgal is America's youngest pediatric oncologist at age 16; she can't drive, but she can save lives—and she does in the opening chapters of this hilarious and touching rom-com. Show less

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The House of God

The House of God

by Shem, Samuel

Downloadable Audiobook - 2011

Takes readers into the lives of Roy Basch and five of his fellow interns at the country's most renowned teaching hospital. (NoveList) Takes readers into the lives of Roy Basch and five of his fellow interns at the country's most renowned teaching hospital. (NoveList) Show less

Takes readers into the lives of Roy Basch and five of his fellow interns at the country's most renowned teaching hospital. (NoveList) Takes readers into the lives of Roy Basch and five of his fellow interns at the country's most renowned teaching hospital. (NoveList) Show less

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Supermarket

Supermarket

by Hall, Bobby

eBook - 2019

A stunning debut novel from one of the most creative voices of our generation, Bobby Hall--a.k.a. Logic. Flynn is stuck--depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom's house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. (NoveList) A stunning debut novel from one of the most creative voices of our generation, Bobby Hall--a.k.a. Logic. Flynn is stuck--depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom's house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. (NoveList) Show less

A stunning debut novel from one of the most creative voices of our generation, Bobby Hall--a.k.a. Logic. Flynn is stuck--depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom's house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. (NoveList) A stunning debut novel from one of the most creative voices of our generation, Bobby Hall--a.k.a. Logic. Flynn is stuck--depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom's house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. (NoveList) Show less

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One Good Dog

One Good Dog

by Wilson, Susan

Downloadable Audiobook - 2010

The very definition of a hard-nosed businessman, Adam March has no room in his life for anything but the cold drive to succeed. Not for his social-climbin...Show more The very definition of a hard-nosed businessman, Adam March has no room in his life for anything but the cold drive to succeed. Not for his social-climbing wife or for his rebellious teenage daughter. Then, in an instant, he loses everything, and Adam finds himself alone, unemployed, and reduced to bussing tables in a homeless shelter. Then he meets a dog. (NoveList) Show less

The very definition of a hard-nosed businessman, Adam March has no room in his life for anything but the cold drive to succeed. Not for his social-climbin...Show more The very definition of a hard-nosed businessman, Adam March has no room in his life for anything but the cold drive to succeed. Not for his social-climbing wife or for his rebellious teenage daughter. Then, in an instant, he loses everything, and Adam finds himself alone, unemployed, and reduced to bussing tables in a homeless shelter. Then he meets a dog. (NoveList) Show less

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Typical American

Typical American

by Jen, Gish

eBook - 2014

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Such A Fun Age

Such A Fun Age

A Novel

by Reid, Kiley

eBook - 2020

The relationship between a privileged white mom and her black babysitter is strained by race-related complications. The relationship between a privileged white mom and her black babysitter is strained by race-related complications. Show less

The relationship between a privileged white mom and her black babysitter is strained by race-related complications. The relationship between a privileged white mom and her black babysitter is strained by race-related complications. Show less

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Life After Life

Life After Life

A Novel

by McCorkle, Jill

eBook - 2013

Assisted living residents and a hospice worker confront the inevitable with grit and humor. Assisted living residents and a hospice worker confront the inevitable with grit and humor. Show less

Assisted living residents and a hospice worker confront the inevitable with grit and humor. Assisted living residents and a hospice worker confront the inevitable with grit and humor. Show less

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Cutting for Stone

Cutting for Stone

A Novel

by Verghese, A.

eBook - 2009

There's a mystery, a coming-of-age, abundant melodrama and even more abundant medical lore in this idiosyncratic first novel from a doctor best known for the memoir My Own Country (1994). There's a mystery, a coming-of-age, abundant melodrama and even more abundant medical lore in this idiosyncratic first novel from a doctor best known for the memoir My Own Country (1994). Show less

There's a mystery, a coming-of-age, abundant melodrama and even more abundant medical lore in this idiosyncratic first novel from a doctor best known for the memoir My Own Country (1994). There's a mystery, a coming-of-age, abundant melodrama and even more abundant medical lore in this idiosyncratic first novel from a doctor best known for the memoir My Own Country (1994). Show less

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