Your Driver Is Waiting

- Blurb -

In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire-a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970s film Taxi Driver-a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity, and financial security. . . until she decides she' s done waiting. "A biting and uproarious take on the gig economy, capitalism, and race, this is the kind of book you read in one sitting-preferably not in an Uber. " -BuzzFeed Damani is tired. Her father just died on the job at a fast-food joint, and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in a basement, caring for her mom and driving for an app that is constantly cutting her take. The city is roiling in protests--everybody' s in solidarity with somebody--but while she keeps hearing that they' re fighting for change on behalf of people like her, she literally can' t afford to pay attention. Then she gives a ride to Jolene (five stars, obviously). Jolene seems like she could be the perfect girlfriend--attentive, attractive, an ally--and their chemistry is off the charts. Jolene' s done the reading, she goes to every protest, and she says all the right things. So maybe Damani can look past the one thing that' s holding her back: she' s never dated anyone with money before, not to mention a white girl with money. But just as their romance intensifies and Damani finally lets her guard down, Jolene does something unforgivable, setting off an explosive chain of events. A wild, one-sitting read brimming with dark comedy, and piercing social commentary and announcing Priya Guns' s feverishly original voice, Your Driver Is Waiting is a crackling send-up of our culture of modern alienation.