by Bill Loehfelm
Maureen Coughlin is in a rut. At twenty-nine, the strong Staten Island native fears she may become a lifer at the Narrows, the faux-swank bar where she waits tables five nights a week. Nursing a strained relationship with her mother, she tries to find ambition in the little things -- a gym membership, a plan to return to school, a dash of cocaine before work -- but there's no denying that she's stuck. Then,...
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