Picked up at random, browsing graphic novel shelf at the library. Such an odd story. Young (early twenties?) Penny looses her job and her apartment, on the same day. She has almost nothing to fall back on. Finds herself living out of a storage unit, showering at the local community center, and scrambling for a job at a laundromat (where her supervisor is this younger kid whose parents own the place). She takes in a cat, wards off a bothersome gang of kids with a broken umbrella, and starts flirting with the guy from the community center desk. Oh, and she’s very much into romance novels. Steamy ones, wow. Things get kinda weird in the end, I couldn’t quite tell what was real or imagined/daydreamed at some point. Penny finally has a frank talk with the guy she likes (who never takes the lead- are they actually dating or not?) The D&D scenes with his younger brother made me chuckle. I’ve been through some of that. I didn’t quite know what to make of this book, but it did keep me turning the pages!
Borrowed from the public library.
