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Michelle Kicherer: Sexy Life, Hello
“A dark comedy about a nanny who doubles as a porn star’s sexter.”
After getting fired from her job as a fourth grade teacher, Jane takes on two jobs at once: as a nanny for twin babies and as a sexter for a famous porn star. Soon, Jane is feeding Franny and Zooey with one hand and shooting off ridiculous sexts with the other. At first, she feels it’s like a joke: a lot of her clientele are into scat play or “mystical bestiality.” By the end of her first month on the sexting-nanny jobs, Jane is making significantly more money than she could have ever made as a teacher. She sees a way to move out of her rundown childhood home on the California Central Coast; a way to finally have a nice place of her own. And it feels great—until Jane realizes she isn’t as anonymous as she thought.
SEXY LIFE, HELLO teeters between satire and literary thriller. Infused with creepy-gross moments reminiscent of Ottessa Moshfegh and Miranda July, a dark, twisting storyline in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith, and a dry wit uniquely Kicherer, this fascinating debut novella introduces a bold and exciting new voice in contemporary literature.
PRAISE
“An absolute screaming riot of a novella. SEXY LIFE, HELLO is funny and sexy and completely absurd, short and somehow still a full meal.”
— Yael van der Wouden, author of Booker Prize finalist, The Safekeep
“Kicherer deftly satirizes modern pornography and porn addiction.” — Kirkus Reviews
“A social satire of the billion-dollar porn industry versus the so-called straight world.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Kicherer infuses meaning into the most ridiculous of imageries…we are invited to reflect upon our lives and taboos.” — Write or Die Magazine
“[Kicherer] writes with a kind of effortless cool, blending laugh-out-loud comedy with biting social commentary…smart, edgy, and wildly entertaining.” – Los Angeles Book Review
“…one of the most compelling short reads of the year…a clever examination of purpose, longing and an obscure underside of parasocial sexuality.” — Willamette Week
Michelle Kicherer
Michelle Kicherer writes about books and music for the San Francisco Chronicle, Willamette Week and others. She is also a writing coach and former ghostwriter specializing in fiction and memoir. Michelle’s fiction has been published in The Master’s Review, Berkeley Fiction Review, 8142 Review and many others, and her novella Sexy Life, Hello is out in audiobook in Sept ‘24 and in print March ‘25 on Banana Pitch Press. Michelle believes there are no dumb questions in the classroom, only pretentious instructors.
