Office Girl

Love, beauty, rock and roll, and really annoying workplaces:  that's the territory covered in this charming indie romance.  The 1990s are drawing to a close and neither art-school dropout Odile or sound-obsessed Jack know where their stalled lives are going. Joe Meno's sly, funny and hiply warmheated story of their awkward journey to love makes for a delightfully airy summer read.

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