Being Good About It

Excerpt from Being Good About It by Aimee Loiselle

After her first year at Brown University, Beth returns to Massachusetts for a summer job in a nursing home. Her plan is to do something good while making money for college. Despite her dark humor and self-deprecation, Beth must confront the realities of Liberty Home and make serious compromises to last through the summer. Her determination forces her to treat many patients with cold practicality and fuels an unwarranted desire for approval from Kiki, an African-American woman who questions Beth's legitimacy. Their antagonism erupts when each woman drops a patient and their tension becomes part of a corporate investigation.

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