Matthew Petchinsky
In Eagle Pass, Texas, George begins noticing something most people would rather ignore: gasoline is no longer as cheap as everyone assumes it should be.At first, it is only a few cents. Then another increase. Then another. But as George watches fuel prices climb, he realizes the cost of gasoline reaches far beyond the pump. Groceries travel by truck. Workers commute. Families drive to schools, doctors, stores, and jobs. Friends buy enormous pickups and SUVs without considering what happens if cheap fuel disappears.Jennifer quickly grows tired of hearing George compare gas prices, calculate mileage, and save receipts. Yet the family joke becomes harder to dismiss when rising transportation costs begin changing the way people shop, travel, budget, and live.Set against everyday life along the Texas border, The Last Cheap Gallon is a contemporary economic family novel about the quiet moment when an ordinary household realizes that 'normal' prices are never guaranteed.Through humor, marriage, family life, trucks, grocery receipts, and one increasingly important gas pump, George learns a lesson that will shape how he views money for decades:Enjoy cheap while it lasts-but never build your entire future assuming it will.
