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Coffee at Luke's

Edited by Jennifer Crusie

In the fall of 2000, Gilmore Girls premiered on the WB and viewers were introduced to the quirky world of Stars Hollow and the Gilmores who had made it their home, mother-daughter best friends Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. Coffee at Luke's is the perfect look at what made the show such a clever, beloved part of the television landscape for so long.

What are the risks of having your mother be your best friend? How is Gilmore Girls anti-family, at least in the traditional sense? What’s a male viewer to do when he finds both mother and daughter attractive? And how is creator Amy Sherman-Palladino like Emily Gilmore? From the show’s class consciousness to the way the characters are shaped by the books they read, the music they listen to and the movies they watch, Coffee at Luke's looks at the sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking underpinnings of smart viewer’s television staple, and takes them further into Stars Hollow than they’ve ever been before.

Essays

• Introduction: Coffee at Luke'sJennifer Crusie
• Whimsy Goes with EverythingHeather Swain
• Boys Not AllowedJennifer Armstrong
• When Paris Met RoryStephanie Whiteside
• Mothers, Daughters, and Gilmore GirlsJanine Hiddlestone
• The Best-Friend MomStephanie Lehmann
• In Defense of Emily GilmoreCharlotte Fullerton
• My Three DadsMiellyn Fitzwater
• Your Guide to the Real Stars Hollow Business WorldSara Morrison
• Happiness Under GlassJill Winters
• It's Not Luke's StubbleStephanie Rowe
• Dining with the GilmoresGregory Stevenson
• Reading, Rory, and RelationshipsMaryelizabeth Hart
• "That's What You Get, Folks, For Makin' Whoopee"Kristen Kidder
• Golden Age Gilmore GirlsChris McCubbin (IMGS, Inc.)
• "Mama Don't Preach"Carol Cooper, Ph.D.