Angie sits at her computer, scrolling through job posting after job posting. She feels defeated as she reads each title and description and realizes she is not qualified for these positions nor do they sound remotely exciting. She sighs and shuts her laptop in frustration.

In All the Cool Girls Get Fired, authors Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neil offer an honest discussion on being laid off and coming back stronger. Along with actionable steps, they share other well-known women’s firing experiences in various industries, highlighting that being laid off – fired – is a shared experience that can become a setup for the next chapter in your professional life.