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Fine, I’m a Ter­ri­ble Person

  • From the Publisher
September 1, 2024

This fun­ny, ten­der, moth­er-daugh­ter caper sto­ry stars 73-year-old, worn out, for­mer beau­ty, Auro­ra, who is a per­pet­u­al­ly broke, eccen­tric divorcee liv­ing in the wealthy enclave of Marin Coun­ty. When Auro­ra dis­cov­ers her father’s wid­ow has died, she decides to dri­ve to Los Ange­les to see if this means mon­ey for her. Enter 43-year-old Ley­la, Aurora’s high-strung, insom­ni­ac daugh­ter who spends her days man­i­cal­ly pur­su­ing per­fec­tion while attempt­ing to keep up with the oth­er Marin Uber moms. When Ley­la over­hears a con­ver­sa­tion and sus­pects her Jew­ish prince charm­ing invest­ment banker hus­band is embark­ing on an affair, she decides to sneak into a cannabis indus­try busi­ness con­fer­ence he is attend­ing, also in LA, to spy on him. Auro­ra and Leyla’s sep­a­rate quests inter­sect and enmesh in Los Ange­les over the course of a week­end, where they both end up stay­ing with cousins, quirky, endear­ing, Sephardic Jews who speak Ladi­no, most­ly in proverbs and cook prodi­gious quan­ti­ties of del­i­ca­cies from the old coun­try. Ley­la and Aurora’s escapades incite chaos, trans­for­ma­tion and yes, even some healing.

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