smart scientist When her mother passes away unexpectedly, leaving Sarah, a PhD student at Columbia University, the owner of a small but cherished Christian bookstore in the Bronx, she is just weeks away from accompanying her happily married lover to Ohio. Sarah is tasked with organizing a culturally appropriate burial befitting the family matriarch while juggling the demands of her beloved but demanding family, dealing with the father she hasn't seen in years, and deciding what to do with the bookstore. Sarah faces her new obligations while figuring out how to be true to herself with the help of an only-in-New York ensemble of Eastern European neighbors, fierce African aunties, and a no-nonsense ex-con coworker.
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smart scientist When her mother passes away unexpectedly, leaving Sarah, a PhD student at Columbia University, the owner of a small but cherished Christian bookstore in the Bronx, she is just weeks away from accompanying her happily married lover to Ohio. Sarah is tasked with organizing a culturally appropriate burial befitting the family matriarch while juggling the demands of her beloved but demanding family, dealing with the father she hasn't seen in years, and deciding what to do with the bookstore. Sarah faces her new obligations while figuring out how to be true to herself with the help of an only-in-New York ensemble of Eastern European neighbors, fierce African aunties, and a no-nonsense ex-con coworker.
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