#suburban-life

#suburban-life

My husband and I both grew up in the same small town in Southern Illinois. I distinctly remember visiting relatives in the Chicago suburbs and dreaming of when I could live somewhere with so much to see and do. Though I did enjoy my childhood, growing up in the country and spending hours outside, I craved something different for my own children.

"Have a Grubby day!" is a frequent refrain in Julian Glander's Boys Go to Jupiter. It's the catchphrase for Grubster, a Grubhub-esque food-delivery service for which Billy works, reflecting his life's humiliations in the gig economy.

Margo is the queen bee of suburban Maple Brook with a wide smile and cowboy boots that hide an array of secrets: an unstable childhood in a trailer park, an ascension to her businessman husband's side through sex work, and an array of extramarital relationships.