Miles Long has a system. It involves borrowed gym showers, co-working spaces where he has never paid for a desk, and the quiet art of belonging without owning anything. For years, it has worked - more or less. Then comes a job alert, a ship, and a job title that reads Wellness Instructor in a font that suggests he ought to believe it. Employed under false pretences and adrift in the Atlantic, Miles discovers he is surprisingly good at something. The problem is that people believe in it. And belief, as he is beginning to learn, always asks for something in return. Unlimited Access is a wry, warm, deeply observed novel about a man who has spent years perfecting the art of leaving - and the slow, uncomfortable discovery that staying might require more courage than moving ever did. With a cast of characters who refuse to be background noise - a wellness coordinator who sees through everything, a retired couple who sold the house their children needed, a ship's steward with more wisdom than his job description allows, and a woman who diagnoses Miles with unsettling precision - this is a novel about charm, avoidance, applause, and the particular bravery of choosing something you might have to keep. For readers of Nick Hornby, David Nicholls, and Alain de Botton. A witty, layered story about what happens when a man who has always borrowed his life finally decides to own one.
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