Work to Do by Wernersbach, Jules
Work to Do by Wernersbach, Jules

Work to Do

When Eleanor founded Guadalupe Street Co-op in the early 1980s, she was in her mid-twenties and madly...
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Author: Jules Wernersbach
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Work to Do by Wernersbach, Jules

Work to Do

$23.94
Work to Do by Wernersbach, Jules

Work to Do

$23.94
Author: Jules Wernersbach
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

When Eleanor founded Guadalupe Street Co-op in the early 1980s, she was in her mid-twenties and madly in love with her girlfriend, Meg. Together, they envisioned an idyllic grocery store owned by its workers and customers.

Forty years later, Guadalupe Street Co-op is an iconic Austin business with a loyal customer base, an antiquated business model, and a disgruntled staff. Roz, one of the store's senior managers, is too caught up stalking her ex-wife online to notice that her girlfriend, Molly, is plotting with her coworkers to unionize. Roz also doesn't see that Molly is not-so-secretly in a situationship with Randy, the dairy manager leading their collective.

Unfolding over the course of a single week during Texas hurricane season, Work to Do pings between the co-op's first year and present day, as the unionization bid reaches fever pitch. The wind howls, the power goes out, and water creeps through the front door as questions of who owns the grocery store and who has a right to its future are posed. And will the workers ever be paid enough to buy the organic groceries they shelve?



Author: Jules Wernersbach
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.46h x 6.33w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9781685970536


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2026

About the Author

Jules Wernersbach is founder of Hive Mind Books, a queer independent bookstore in Bushwick, Brooklyn. They are coauthor of Vegan Survival Guide to Austin and their writing has appeared in, among others, Heavy Feather Review and Bennington Review. Wernersbach lives in Brooklyn, New York.


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