In her celebrated debut volume, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz tackles love (“Science”), heartbreak (“Lit”) and thieving suburban punks (“Ode to the Person Who Stole My Family’s Lawn Gnome”), among other idiosyncratic topics. Quirky and funny with a subtext of social commentary, Aptowicz’s writing lets the reader ride shotgun in a hilarious sprawling road trip through America’s youth culture. It is a feisty and endearing first book.