Fourteen plot
Mara and Jo are best friends. Mara is reliable and Jo has problems. They met when they were 14 years old. None of their lives are stable, their jobs are precarious and their dates lead to nothing. Writing is something they do on the side, as is so often the case in Brooklyn. Amid the mundane events and chatter, the only constant is their friendship, or rather, their dynamism: Mara's phone will ring and Jo will need her help, Mara will drop everything for her, but Jo's mind will already be elsewhere. by the time she arrives.