First published 2003
Curmudgeonly women's bookstore clerk Mo blithely rants about public figures as her cozy counterculture community is shifting beneath her feet. Her job is in jeopardy as customers defect to chains, her ex is displaying soccer mom tendencies, and her friends' lives are in flux. Amid it all, Mo and her friends grapple with questions of identity, idealism, and dissent in the wake of 9/11.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, activism
Vibes: cozy, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, slice-of-life
154 pages · Paperback · Alyson Pubns