Like her father, Heather Saywell has an artistic talent that she has failed to develop in any formal way. She also has his penchant for voicing opinions that might be better left unsaid.
On her sixteenth birthday, Heather escapes the small town tedium of Cornwall, Ontario to settle on the seamy streets of Toronto. Afterward, she moves in with her pseudo-uncle, Odie, a good-hearted, blind, and somewhat lecherous stalwart of twenty-three Fuller Street, a run-down row-house that could be best described as a monumental disaster.
One of those characters is Peter C. Galloway, a verbose, wannabe Hemingway, who discovers Heather's paintings and can't resist secretly shopping them to art dealers around town. But when Heather becomes an instant hit in the Art World, she must confront her still angry mother, who suddenly reappears after a ten-year absence.
In his hilarious and often heart-breaking first novel, Mike Morey unabashedly exposes modern-day bohemian culture and questions the hierarchy of its sordid residents.
A succession of friends and acquaintances lands on the doorstep of twenty-three Fuller, each one bringing his problems or foibles to Heather, who is increasingly disinclined to give comfort and support. It doesn't help that she has six part time jobs--one day a week each--that fill her life with some of the city's seedier characters.
