Spadina streetcar, ready for coffee.

Caucasian woman, mid 30s, with auburn bob and black winterwear jacket, fingerless gloves giving easy access to iPod pressure points.

Girlfriend in a Coma, Douglas Coupland (HarperCollins)

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Skitter was every parent's worst fears of a daughter's dream date. He lived in a moss-roofed 1963 cereal box in darkest Lynn Valley atop an unmown lawn sparked with gasoline burns and neglected auto parts.

She's a brilliant publicist, a crappy negotiator, selling her wares daily, making profit in places that won' t translate into an increase in her direct deposit. For the love of...