The Brooklyn stories of love madness nostalgia and displeasing music continue in this second OCTOPUS PIE collection Eve and Hanna have each other&39;s backs as they navigate the emotional pitfalls of twenty-something life but there&39;s chaos and confusion to spare"It&39;s hard to say where the strength of OCTOPUS PIE really is because Meredith can juggle so many things so well-the humor the natural touch in the dialogue the relatability of the characters in the world that she has created There is a complex empathetic sort of quality to that world and you feel rather at home in it"-Kate BeatonHark! A Vagrant