But between a meddling, narcissistic mother, a self-absorbed therapist and friends trying to send her to dating re-education camps, it seems that fake cheese is the only genuine thing left in the city. All Courtney wants is to be left alone so she can search beneath the surface for a meaningful life. And she certainly doesn’t want to be molded into date bait for the top rung of L.A. She doesn’t want to be a poster child for the Opt-Out Generation. So they hatch plots to get her to give up her career, break her addiction to fake cheese, marry into high-orbit wealth and rule the stratosphere alongside them.īut Courtney resists. Worse, they expect Courtney to do the same. When her friend Marcie formulates an impossibly detailed rating system for acceptable men-the Los Angeles Eco-Chain of Dating-Courtney goes on a self-destructive binge that doesn’t stop until she gets thrown out of group therapy for insulting a former child actress.Ĭourtney is mortified as she watches her best friends give up stellar careers in law and the arts to marry entertainment royalty and civilian overachievers. "A hilarious, scathing tale of LA life." - Kirkus ReviewsĬourtney Hamilton is a Velveeta-loving attorney driven to distraction by a city that seethes with soul-sucking status seekers. A "Post-Hollywood" novel and "a really intelligent (and satirical) take on the vanity of wealth and the alienation of privilege." - Kindleman
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