Doing Absolutely Nothing in 1982
By @john1208
Nadine Finch woke up in 1982 wrapped in a floral quilt at the impossible, vertigo-inducing peak of the Mudlark County water tower. A former overworked digital hustler, Nadine makes a sacred, sarcastic vow to this polyester era: she will never work a hard day in her life again. Her grand ambition? Hoarding cheap romance novels and snacking on malt balls. While the local sweetheart Brenda Gable exhausts herself trying to become the town's pioneer businesswoman, Nadine's refusal to stand and stir a stew results in a lazy, overnight slow-cooking method that inadvertently gets patented and sparks a national culinary craze. To make matters worse for Brenda, the county's most eligible and notoriously stoic mechanic, Vance Hollister, finds Nadine's utter lack of ambition wildly endearing and works double-shifts just to fund her snack budget. But as Nadine settles into her delightfully unproductive life, she notices her sweet, snack-sharing best friend Jolene seems suspiciously involved in every local disaster. Will Nadine have to put down her paperback to save her pampered lifestyle?
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