First published 2021
J sits in her luxurious Manhattan apartment, mentally composing letters she will never send. She signs them with phrases like "Yours, furious" or "Yours, keeping my head down." Her husband Arnold, a prominent lawyer, has left her for a young French woman and moved to Paris. He pays for everything but refuses to engage. J shares the apartment with thirteen-year-old Renata, Arnold's daughter from his first marriage, plus her own four-year-old Sally Ann and a French au pair named Monique. The household barely functions. Renata bakes boxed cake mixes. Monique writes real letters to real people, which makes J jealous. J never leaves the apartment, consumed by anger and resentment. She channels her rage into her imaginary correspondence. One day J finally talks with Renata. Their conversation leads to shocking revelations that change everything in the apartment.
Genres: literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Manhattan, Paris
Period: contemporary
112 pages · Paperback · Alba editorial
Content warnings: emotional-abuse, mental-illness