Publisher: <\/span>Arcadia Books<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Date of Publication: June 4, 2019 (US)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Number of Pages: 212<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n When one of the vendors, a wily ex-con named Roxy, shoots her ex-husband, she calls on Jessica to help bury the body and soon Jessica is embroiled in cover-ups, lies, and misdirection. Into this mix comes Lizzie, Jessica\u2019s late husband\u2019s twelve-year-old daughter by his first marriage, who\u2019s been dumped on Jessica\u2019s doorstep by the child\u2019s self-absorbed mother and it soon becomes apparent that Lizzie is as obsessed with material possessions as Jessica\u2019s elderly tenants. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why Stuff Matters<\/em> is a compelling ode to possession, why people like things and the curious lengths they will go to keep them. Returning to her fictional Caprock, Waldo turns her wry wit on the lives of those afraid to let go.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n CLICK TO PURCHASE!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n AMAZON<\/span><\/a> <\/span>BARNES AND NOBLE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u25c6 <\/span>WEBSITE<\/span><\/a> \u25c6 <\/span>TWITTER<\/span><\/a> \u25c6 <\/span>AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE<\/span><\/a> \u25c6 <\/span>GOODREADS AUTHOR PAGE<\/span><\/a> \u25c6 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click for direct links to special features and reviews. <\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/Cover%20hi%20res%20Why%20Stuff%20Matters.jpg\")
ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong> When Jessica, a grieving widow, inherits an antique mall from her mother she also inherits the stallholders, an elderly, amoral, acquisitive, and paranoid collection. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: <\/strong>Jen Waldo lived in seven countries over a thirty-year period and has now settled, along with her husband, in Marble Falls, Texas. She first started writing over twenty years ago when, while living in Cairo, she had difficulty locating reading material and realized she\u2019d have to make her own fun. She has since earned an MFA and written a number of novels. Her work has been published in The European and was shortlisted in a competition by Traveler magazine. Old Buildings in North Texas<\/em> and Why Stuff Matters<\/em> have been published in the UK by Arcadia Books. Jen\u2019s fiction is set in Northwest Texas and she\u2019s grateful to her hometown of Amarillo for providing colorful characters and a background of relentless whistling wind. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/LoneStarBookBlogTours_6.png\")
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