The Gum Thief

Description:

Over the course of several months, two retail workers at an office supply superstore--Roger, a divorced, middle aged "aisles associate" at Staples, and his young co-worker, Bethany, an early twenty-something, former Goth--strike up a unique epistolary friendship.

subjects: Diary fiction,  Employees,  Intergenerational relations,  Staples (Firm),  Fiction,  Divorced men,  Humorous fiction,  Authorship,  Office equipment and supplies industry,  Fiction, humorous, general,  Fiction, romance, general,  Divorced people, fiction,  Fiction, family life,  Friendship, fiction,  Fiction, general,  New York Times reviewed