Review of Zoe Marzo, “Friendshop,” Luna Station Quarterly 54 (2023): Read online. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.
Leah has recently moved to L.A. and is struggling adjust to her new life — if only she had a friend who could help ease the hard corners of not fitting in. Conveniently, this is when Leah encounters the Friendshop — open 24 hours only — just the right place for her to find her perfect, bosom friend.
Daisy comes along, everything Leah needs, and there’s a lovely uncertainty to this story, whether it’s going to be a cheerful one with a happily-every-after ending, or whether the initial set-up, that one can buy friendship, is the premise of something horrific.
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