receptionists

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Winter in Sokcho

2021
It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. Bodies are red and raw, the fish turn venomous, beyond the beach guns point out from the North's watchtowers. A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape. The two form an uneasy relationship. When she agrees to accompany him on trips to discover an "authentic" Korea, they visit snowy mountaintops and dramatic waterfalls, and cross into North Korea. But he takes no interest in the Sokcho she knows--the gaudy neon lights, the scars of war, the fish market where her mother works. As she's pulled into his vision and taken in by his drawings, she strikes upon a way to finally be seen.

Everyone in this room will someday be dead

a novel
"Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she's there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace. In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace's old friend. She can't bear to ignore the kindly old woman, who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can't bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace's death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence."--Amazon.

Sorcerers & secretaries

Nicole Hayes passes the hours at her boring receptionist job by creating fantasy stories, but when her former neighbor, Josh, peeks at Nicole's notebook in the hopes of finding a way to capture her attention, Nicole is forced to realize that it's time she started living her life, not dreaming of a different one.

Careers for the 21st century video library

Presents information on the duties, training, earnings, and employment outlook of receptionists, stock clerks, shipping and receiving clerks, customer service representatives, secretaries, clerical managers, insurance adjusters, and court reporters.

Holly's inbox

2009
Holly Denham chronicles her crazy life through emails to her friends and coworkers, with insights into her challenges with her landlord, battles with her parents, problems with her boss, and relationship with a senior executive at her company.

Sorcerers & secretaries

2007
Josh, having read Nicole's diary in hopes of finding a way to impress her, is instead amazed by her writing skills and convinces her to submit her fantasy story for publication and to let him be her editor, only to find her newfound creative outlet taking her attention away from him.

Sorcerers & secretaries

2006
Nicole Hayes passes the hours at her boring receptionist job by creating fantasy stories, but when her former neighbor, Josh, peeks at Nicole's notebook in the hopes of finding a way to capture her attention, Nicole is forced to realize that it's time she started living her life, not dreaming of a different one.
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