The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus: A Novel About Marriage, Motherhood, and Mayhem Book

My name is Holly.
This story is about me—
a writer who's way behind on her deadline.

But, honestly,
how can I concentrate on my work when my fiftieth birthday's rushing at me like a freight train,

my hormones are making me feel like a Szechuan flambé,
and my eighty-year-old mother's biting her nurses?

Not to mention the fact that my daughter's just begun applying to colleges
(none of which are within a thousand-mile radius of home),

and lately my husband's been such an irritating, finger-pointing stinker that I've found myself dreaming of ways to spend his insurance money . . .

My name is Holly.
This book tells my story—
a coming-of-middle-age story.