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Eoin is 27 and suddenly running the cafe where he works after his boss disappears. At home, his boyfriend Rich wants to open their relationship. Eoin agrees because losing Rich seems worse, leaving him to work out whether the life he is trying to preserve is one he actually wants.
From the publisher’s blurb
“Meet Eoin. Eoin is doing great.”Read the full description at Hodder & Stoughton, publisher description
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What makes it funny?
A chaotic morning in the coffee shop supplies one of the book’s workplace comic episodes. Eoin’s sudden responsibility for the cafe makes the ordinary struggle to get through a shift part of a life already unsettled by dating.
The comedy at work
Moriarty places romantic uncertainty beside the demands of a service job. Eoin has to keep working while he struggles with his relationship; the wit shares space with loneliness, giving the everyday mishaps an anxious edge.
Try this if…
For readers interested in queer London life and the uneasy process of deciding what to ask for in a relationship. The mix of work, dating and loneliness suits an appetite for bittersweet romance with humor along the way.
Good to know
The story includes open relationships, dating through Grindr and casual sex, along with loneliness and heartbreak.
A few distinguishing details
- A cafe worker abruptly left in charge
- An open relationship agreed to out of fear of losing a boyfriend
- Dating and everyday work in queer London
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