The Parker Chronicles: Glimpses of observed suburban lives

Parker and Shelly might be living a comfy middle-aged life in the suburbs, but they haven’t given up the quest for discovery: thinking and talking about things like where lottery hosts buy their clothes, whether it’s truly a good sign when there are a lot of Chinese people in a Chinese restaurant, the way white people dance to Kendrick Lamar, how to process the advice of a lying therapist, and other universal mysteries. If things ever verge on complacency, there’s always Uncle Jimmy to throw a ratchet into the works.

This collection of bite-sized vignettes is the perfect diversion when you have a little or a lot of time on your hands and nothing you want to do with it.