Rooms with(out) Windows

Abstract

This novel takes place in Washington, DC. It follows five housemates, all in their early twenties to early thirties and from slightly divergent backgrounds, as they try to make a path forward after the death of their landlord. The matter is further complicated by rising property costs, gentrification, suppressed romantic feelings, a pregnant raccoon living in the attic, and the landlord’s daughter, who appears on the property multiple times, making only vague gestures towards her deep ambivalence about the house.