Life has been good to Maria Luck. She has sailed through school and University on a wave of wit, privilege and a penchant for mild to medium bullying – nothing illegal, mind. Now she is ready to face the world, but not before the hottest social event of the year: Global Tantrum. The festival for the in-crowd is all that is keeping Maria going as she begins the drudgery of her summer internship at the esteemed publishing house of Mackenzie & Miller.

As Maria starts to trawl through the slush pile of unsolicited submissions, she has plenty of time to reflect on her life and the people in it. Tyler, her stand-offish boyfriend. Barry, an annoying waiter from the café near her office. Her brother Richard. And her mother and father, on the brink of a divorce and using Maria as a go-between...

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