Join Librarians Manny and Paul in an engaging and exciting discussion on Andrew DeYong's book, "The Temps."
Join us as we discuss the novel, The Temps by Andrew DeYoung.
Three hundred fifty temps survive a fatal disaster but are stranded in an enormous office complex. The novel follows the survivors as they create a miniature world that's part spring break, part office culture. A shocking discovery changes everything and drives their search for the truth about the mysterious corporation that employed them and the apocalypse that brought their world to an end.
Access to the online book and audiobook are available for download via Hoopla, the library’s multimedia resource database. Hoopla is available free of charge to Broward County Library card holders. Please contact your local library with questions about Hoopla.
Synopsis:
They're underemployed. Underpaid. And trying to survive the end of the world while trapped inside an office complex. Who knew temp work could be this dangerous?
Jacob Elliot doesn’t want a temporary job in the mailroom at Delphi Enterprises, but after two post-college years of unpaid internships and living in his parents’ basement, he needs the work. Then, on his first day, the unthinkable happens: toxic gas descends on a meeting in Delphi’s outdoor amphitheater, killing all the regular employees and leaving Jacob stranded inside the vast office complex.
Wandering through Delphi headquarters, Jacob finds other survivors: Lauren, the disillusioned classics major who’s now writing online personality quizzes; Swati, the fitness instructor trying to escape a toxic relationship; and Dominic, the business school student who will do almost anything to get ahead. Stranded in the wreckage of the company that employed them, the temps band together to create a miniature world that’s part spring break, part office culture—until a shocking discovery disrupts the survivors’ self-made paradise and drives them to uncover the truth about the mysterious corporation that employed them and the apocalypse that brought their world to an end.
A surprising, profound tribute to the absurdities and paranoia of modern life, The Temps is an epic exploration of survival and human connection in the digital age.
Mon, Mar 25 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Tue, Mar 26 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Wed, Mar 27 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Mar 28 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Mar 29 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Mar 30 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Mar 31 | Closed |
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