Shrinking Me

Jaksyn Jordan likes her life predictable.

Same classroom. Same routines. Same best friend.

Back from summer break and teaching English at one of suburban Chicago's top high schools, Jaksyn is determined to keep things steady, especially as her thirtieth birthday creeps closer, her mother's memory begins to falter, and a persistent anxiety hums beneath the surface. Between lesson plans and faculty meetings with her coworkers, Amanda, the spicy and outspoken one, and Kevin, the level-headed voi...