Have you ever looked behind a box store when the employees unload a truck? It's not something that customers think about when they're only concerned about the merch inside. But the workers on the line consider their jobs to be the backbone of the company because after all, if there was no stock, customers wouldn't spend money and the store would cease to be. When their beloved store manager gets the new store he was hoping for, the Movement department hatches a plan to upgrade their ditzy and annoying department head to be the new store manager and get her out of their hair. This will involve the cooperation of all the department members, who work the 4 am shift. Along with ridding themselves of their hated manager, everyone realizes there's probably a promotion in this for someone, and the money would come in handy. Corporate is coming out to determine who the new store manager will be and things get complicated.
Waldman has obviously worked in retail to so ably conjure up this mini cosmos of life. Each employee's story is realistically told, involving the reader in where they came from and where they're going. Politics get involved as store policies butt up against the realities of the employee's lives and you know someone is getting left behind.
The novel is certainly original-I would never imagine that someone could create such a tense situation in a warehouse setting. Who will come out on top at the expense of the others? Read and find out.
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