Excerpt from Housebreaking by Colleen Hubbard, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

"Friday," Del repeated slowly, as if thinking. "Friday I'm busy."

Friday she needed to steal a car and drive it into the ocean. Friday she needed to bring a match and a can of gasoline to the office of the White Pages so that no one could look up anyone's number ever again. Friday she needed to hijack a radio station and play Electric Light Orchestra on repeat for fifty hours until the feds broke in and shot her to death.

"That's alright," he offered genially. "I can do Saturday, too."

"Hm. Might be going out of town."

Tym was staring her down.

"Who is it?" he mouthed. He gestured wildly with the spoon, which flung tomato flecks on the wall.

"My mom was really excited to get back in touch. She said to tell you Auntie Jeanne says hi. We never get to hear anything about you. Adela! It's so funny to hear your voice again. Blast from the past."

Greg's mom, Jeanne, was alright. She always kept butterscotch candy in her purse. Jeanne had come over to visit Del's mother, Louise, even after things got bad and everyone else had left them to rot. Hearing Jeanne's name, Del felt a strange ache from somewhere below her rib. Tym was going into meltdown.

"Fine. I can do Friday. I'll move the thing I was supposed to do."

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