Love and Other Perishable Items
Laura Buzo
Fiction B989l2012
Love is awkward, Amelia should know.
From
 the moment she sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head 
over heels infatuated with him. It's problematic, since Chris, 21, is a 
sophisticated university student, while Amelia, is 15.
Amelia 
isn't stupid. She knows it's not gonna happen. So she plays it cool 
around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at 
the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life 
stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and 
cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia's 
crush doesn't seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, 
what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be 
together?
Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first 
job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how 
the things that break your heart can still crack you up.

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