The Walrus

On matters of importance, the world doesn’t give much of an ear to the opinions of teenage girls. But Lemon, the cynical, wry, and world-weary heroine of the new Cordelia Strube novel that bears her name, deserves to be heard.

On a crowded Toronto subway car, two girls slide to the floor. They've smelled something strange — it may have been roses — and panic quickly seizes the city as more and more people begin hitting the ground. Alex stands near the girls on the subway. He's a photographer contending with failing eyesight and the reappearance of an old flame. The flame, however, has problems of her own: Susie is searching for a schizophrenic brother who’s gone off his meds.