One of our Gosh! Best of 2017 titles! Prepare to plunge into the drug-fueled whirlwind of lost souls that occupy the Imperial Diner. You canÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt help but get lost in the lives of these characters as author Mimi Pond transports us to the heart of 1970ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Oakland and introduces us to her colourful cast. Marge, our creatively repressed waitress narrator, painfully makes her way out of toxic relationships, and moves from lost drug-addled years to a path of creative fulfilment and self-worth. The book is a fictionalised version of PondÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs life, a creator whose impact in television and comics is greatly over-looked, including writing the first episode of The Simpsons, as well as stints on Pee Wee's Playhouse and Designing Women.