Publication

2000 - W.W. Norton, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

67,500 words, Guess

Page Count

270 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing64488
  • Goodreads1871813

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3576.A278 S44 2000

Description

"Richard owns a second-hand store ("Satori Junk") just outside Detroit. He's the kind of guy for whom not much happens, until it happens all at once: His mother dies. He rummages his parents' basement for good junk and finds (alongside "every purse my mother has ever owned since the fifties") a box of photos that changes his view of everything. He falls apart over his mother's notes on his favorite meal in an old cookbook. He meets Theresa, a fellow hipster, a thrift-attired junk goddess who shares his feeling for castaways, and he falls for her - hard. Along the way he acquires some junk wisdom about love and loss."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Second hand: a novelW.W. Norton2000-01-01

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