Welcome to Litsy!

At first it seems that she�s living the elusive New York City dream. She�s subletting an apartment with her best friend, Hope, working for a magazine that actually utilizes her psychology degree, and still deeply in love with Marcus Flutie, the charismatic addict-turned-Buddhist who first captivated her at sixteen. Of course, reality is more complicated than dreamy clich�s. She and Hope share bunk beds in the �Cupcake��the girlie pastel bedroom normally occupied by twelve-year-old twins. Their Brooklyn neighborhood is better suited to �breeders,� and she and Hope split the rent with their promiscuous high school pal, Manda, and her �genderqueer boifriend.� Freelancing for an obscure journal can�t put a dent in Jessica�s student loans, so she�s eking out a living by babysitting her young niece and lamenting that she, unlike most of her friends, can�t postpone adulthood by going back to school. Yet it�s the ever-changing relationship with Marcus that leaves her most unsettled. At the ripe age of twenty-three, he�s just starting his freshman year at Princeton University. Is she ready to give up her imperfect yet invigorating post-college life just because her on-again/off-again soul mate asks her to... marry him? Jessica has one week to respond to Marcus�s perplexing marriage proposal. During this time, she gains surprising wisdom from unexpected sources, including a popular talk show shrink, a drag queen named Royalle G. Biv, and yes, even her parents. But the most shocking confession concerns two people she thought had nothing to hide: Hope and Marcus.Will this knowledge inspire Jessica to give up a world of late-night literary soirees, art openings, and downtown drunken karaoke to move back to New Jersey and be with the one man who�s gripped her heart for years? Jessica ponders this and other life choices with her signature snark and hyper-intense insight, making it the most tumultuous and memorable week of her twenty-something life.From the Hardcover edition.