SummaryQuestion:
What do Amy, the new mom;
Meriel, the West-Indian housekeeper;
Claude and Naomi, the alternative couple;
Faith, the elegant widow;
and Talia, the super-skinny ballerina
have in common?
Answer:
Abso-freakin'-lutely-nothing!
Except that they all live lives of not-so-quiet desperation
on the Upper West Side of New York City. What gets them
through? Their unusual therapy sessions with supershrink
Susan Lederer, held in the depths of the laundry room. Susan
knows that all of life's problems eventually come out in the
wash, but while the washers keep breaking down, she helps
her female friends take control.
But Susan's life has become an agitated mess. Her teenage
daughter seems destined for a fast-food future; her son's
adolescence hasn't quite hit yet . . . and her perfect
husband is hiding something. Susan could use a really good
shrink.
Instead, her dirty linen exposed, she finds that it's her
friends who rally 'round her, and by the final spin, she
realizes that while it might not take a whole village, it
does sometimes take a laundry room to get rid of the nastier
wrinkles in life.
Now if only she could find the formula for getting rid of
that ring around the collar.
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