The End Of My Career

The End of My Career by Martha Grover

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Martha Grover has been publishing the Somnambulist zine since 2003 and one day about 8 years ago I picked up a copy and this is how I was introduced to her writing which led me to this book.
The End of My Career is a series of slice of life tales taken from Martha Grover’s own life, and it is some of the most honest, brave writing I’ve come across--maybe like a younger female Jonathan Ames (both Grover and Ames shame me with a level of honesty I’m not capable of).

These are 13 true life stories that don’t disappoint. Among these stories:
Funny observations about the man whose house she cleans yet has never met; her story about taking the cruise with all the rich older folks (though she is not rich); tales from working at the cheese shop; plus two longer stories about a harrowing relationship with a man with a dark secret, and the eponymous “The End of My Career” about Martha’s job as a private investigator investigating medical claims (the irony being she has more in common with the people she’s investigating than with the company she works for) and much more!…it really is a terrific book.

Spending time with The End of My Career is like spending time with Martha. She doesn’t hold back, and the book is stronger for it. This was 5 stars pretty much from the first page.









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