“Brittany, Kyle is such a young writer, and the opinion of an eminence grise such as myself might skew his vgrowth and distinctiveness. ... Glove Pond: Steve Ste\~'e's fevered brain was contemplating how to 103 The Gum Thief.
Douglas Coupland's inventive novel-think Clerks meets Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?-is the story of an extraordinary epistolary relationship between Roger and Bethany, two very different, but strangely connected, "aisles associates" at ...
Wake up. Let me try to say something positive here. For balance. Staples allows me to wear black lipstick to work. –Bethany —from The GumThief From the Hardcover edition.
"No gum was ever safe no matter its flavor or its hiding place. The gum thief would always find it, always chew it. Her persistence was intimidating; her reflexes swift.
One day, Bethany discovers Roger's notebook in the staff room.