Thirty and Thrifty

Description

From The Art of Almost Collection

After a breakup and a financial free fall, Claire rebuilds her life one thrift store purchase at a time—until she finds a note tucked inside a secondhand blazer that changes everything. Warm, witty, and deeply human, “Thirty and Thrifty” is a story about second chances, shared grace, and the surprising ways we patch ourselves back together—with a little help
from strangers and $4.99 miracles.

 

In The Art of Almost Collection, J. J. Jonas captures the hilarious and heartbreaking contradictions of the quarter-life years — when love, career, and identity are all under renovation. From a young man learning stick shift from his mother’s first love (Manual Transmission) to a divorced couple sharing custody of a dog (The Custody of Mondays), to a thrift shopper who finds grace tucked inside an old blazer (Thirty and Thrifty), these stories shimmer with humor, vulnerability, and quiet revelation.Wry, hopeful, and deeply human.

Other short stories from The Art of Almost Collection:

• The Couch on Craigslist
• The Custody of Mondays
• The Latte Rebellion
• Manual Transmission
• The Meeting that Changed Nothing (and Everything)
• The Neighbor’s Garden
• Return to Sender
• The Spare Key

Titles shown above in The Art of Almost Collection are available seperately. See “Prose Short Stories” in the Online Store.