In the title story, Darla wants a boyfriend, and her entire life revolves around getting one boy to notice her. “Change†tells of how a conversation with an elderly family member on Halloween night subtly alters the course of a young woman’s life.
All seventeen-year-old Jay wants is some peace and quiet, and he gets it when he is accidentally locked in a storage room all night in “The Storage Room.†In “Jamie and Amy,†a young man is dying to ask an older girl for a date but is mortified by the way their names sound together.
“8 Girls Are In Love With Me†and “8 Boys Are In Love With Me†tell the surprising tale of a scheduling mix-up at a summer camp that leads two counselors to teach swimming lessons to a group of difficult kids, and in “Faking It,†Juliet doesn’t expect to make any friends during her European vacation, but that’s before a hot Australian guy introduces himself to her.
Both the serious and trivial sides of the human psyche merge in the sometimes somber, oftentimes hilarious, but always thought-provoking collection of stories in Matching Panties.
