In this novel about family, community, and identity, writer Justin P. Kennon celebrates the ordinary people of an ordinary town.

Characters like Jack the barber; his assistant, Oliver; and a customer, harried single mother Barbara, seem like nothing special to Wes, Kennon's first protagonist. Wes is desperate to get out of the little town and decides that a haircut can help him start anew. By chance, he picks Jack's barbershop for the final step in his escape. As he interacts with Jack, Oliver, Barbara, and her son, Wes realizes that they aren't so boring after all.

Wes...