A sharp and satirical look at consumer culture and New Age obsessions through the eyes of three young women living . . .
Los Angeles: Smooth, cool and expensive, where every day is movie-perfect and every physical or psychological kink can be fixed or fed.
Mina's life feels just like a film. It's partly the way she was brought up: Her father is a retired producer, living in a yurt and practising yoga with his new girlfriend. Her husband's a screenwriter. Her two lovers are mysterious. But something is missing. What happens next? In her particular film, what's her motivation?
Mina works for Lorene. Lorene runs a chain of highly successful theme ("high con") restaurants, with names like "Dead Animals and Single Malts", catering to the outlaw tastes of her rich clientele. Successful, stylish and single, Lorene attends Touch Therapy at the Spirit Gym twice a week.
Lisa also works for Lorene, struggling to raise children while cleaning houses. She suffers panic attacks about abducted children and toxic food.
With a keen wit and delightful touch, Dana Spiotta paints a beautiful portrait of the modern woman's choices in that most modern of cities.
