I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL-What If You Received All Private Office Emails? Well?

Natalie Sue's comic novel about a shunned secretary in an office that is being downsized who is inadvertently receiving everyone's interoffice emails is the intoxicating premise to I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL (IHTFYW).  Our funny and ingratiating protagonist, Jolene, a single 30 something admin. assistant has a caustic wit that casts her an outlier and into her solitary cubicle amid a motley mix of characters. Jolene deals with her co-worker's slights by complaining in cutting postscript on emails/DMs never intended for her to  send. Of course, this doesn't end well for her. Jolene is assigned probation and tolerance training with the new personnel director, Cliff. The new IT guy makes a magical mistake which unknowingly directs everyone's emails/DM's to her computer. With this information Jolene is given insider information of an unexpected, upcoming layoff plan. With little else going on in her life except bingeing on booze and nature shows, Jolene becomes determined to turn her life around and use her knowledge to make herself invaluable. While she's at it, she plans havoc against those who've snubbed her. Jolene profits in the first quarter from her information. She also gained insight into problems plaguing other people at work. The info Jolene gleans about her work mates leads to some warm-hearted symbiotic relationships and reparations.  Outside the office Cliff and Jolene cross paths.  They decide to carpool which causes some romantic sparks and friction at the workplace. Other stories branch off outside the office and create some hilarious stumbling blocks. Jolene helps stage a faux engagement which her mother, to the overbearing mother's utter delight, learns about leading causing comical chaos.  There's a precocious pre-teen, Molly, that hovers outside Jolene's complex that everyone tries to ignore.  Molly adds a touching figure in the plot. Some plot lines not successful included the mother who blatantly lies to cover for a troubled son. Another involves an abusive relationship and there's an employee firing that goes distastefully awry.  However, (IHTFYW) hits its target goal. It does an excellent job of parodying a toxic work environment with humor. This proves to be a discernible office comedy where you're happy to see the leading lady get ahead. I recommend promoting this novel to your bedside reading table.