Zuzu Rosenberg
author
We all want to change the world. Fiction can help.
At its best, fiction supports my quest to be a better person. It helps me appreciate different perspectives, think about the world, and discover scraps of wisdom, strategies for coping, hope. This quest drives my writing and my reading.
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Kindness & Chaos
A Kitchen Store Mystery
Coming in 2026
In the days following the 2016 presidential election, kitchen store manager Meri Goldsmith stays grounded by resolving the small problems that crop up in her meticulously maintained customer service files. The kind of problems she can control. That strategy works for her until the store manager, Rowdy Jones, decides a Sikh customer is “suspicious,” chases the customer from the store, and doesn’t come back. Rowdy’s disappearance garners national news coverage and ignites rumors that he was kidnapped by Muslim terrorists.
When Rowdy returns, telling swashbuckling tales of his escape from terrorists and basking in internet fame, chaos comes with him. Thefts are uncovered. There's a murder. The customer service files are decimated. Clearly, at least to Meri, Rowdy is at the center of the turmoil, but the boys' club in the c-suite has his back. To restore hope (and get her files back in order), Meri will need to stop trying to solve the world on her own and get help from her diverse friends and colleagues.
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