The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus — Sonya Sones

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 flambe, 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.