Dwelling

Dwelling is a novel with a hint of magic in it. Written by Emily Hunt Kivel the story starts out with Evie who lives and works in New York City. The city is collapsing. All renters are evicted simultaneously. Evie has no family except a younger sister who is in an insane asylum in Colorado. She puts her stuff in storage in the basement of her apartment house and tries to figure out what to do. She remembers her Mom, before she died, had a sister living in Texas. That sister had a daughter who she thinks is a real estate agent. She decides to fly to Texas and hope for the best. She can work from home so no problem there. She moves to Gulluck. At first she stays in a backyard cottage at her cousin's house. Her cousin is married and has four children. Eventually she finds a place to rent. Odd thing it, the house is shaped like a shoe. People keep bringing shoes for her to repair and she tells them she doesn't know how. Eventually she looses her job. She decides she will go to the community college and take a shoe repair course. This turns out to be her calling. This book had very many funny moments in part because Evie is the queen of making understatements.