Zoom Reading: The Science of Leaving Omaha by Carter W. Lewis

After dropping out of high school and working in the crematory of a funeral home, Iris is trying to find her way out of the job - and out of Omaha. One winter evening a young man named Baker breaks into the funeral home in order to say goodbye to his recently deceased wife. With clumsy humor and surprising revelations, Iris and Baker try to understand the dismantling of their working-class lives before the police arrive and their transgressions catch up with them.