[andrew sharpe]

I always pictured Coffee Girl being about one of his daughters and him losing his artsy daughter to a boy and the flakiness that can come with young love. Similar, I picture Last Recluse being about bicycling with one of his daughters and dealing with their changing maturity.

Agreed on Last Recluse, to me it's all about the challenges of loving teenagers. I never thought of Coffee Girl as an extension of it...it does make sense that the barista is his daughter, who has left him and is now finding herself in the world...innocence lost, etc. I like this idea loach.