The Last Bodega in Jersey Vol. I

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In a rapidly gentrifying Jersey City NJ Stroberi aka Pelao Jr the young owner of the last bodega in Jersey has a decision to make by end of day: sell the family business or continue serving the remaining community in need. But when a local news station stops by to cover The Last Bodega in Jersey his internal decision becomes a spectacle as the vecindario shows up one after another reminding him of how wild random & hilarious--yet beautifully deserving & precious--the community can be.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sell the store for $250000 or remain open? It's Stroberi's choice to make.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This book is a collection of Latinx short stories chisme and more that take place in and around the bodega--the ghetto lighthouse of community. In Volume I author Abel Veloz attempts to remind the vecindario to include those that were forced out that our communities are worth cherishing and holding on to.</strong></p>