The novel follows its heroine, Esther, as she slides into a severe  depressive episode, but also includes wickedly funny and  shrewd depictions of snobby fashion parties  and dates with dull men.
Roman prati protagonisticu Esther, koja tone u tešku depresiju, no sadržava i zlobno duhovite i pronicljive prikaze snobovskih mondenih zabava i  izlazaka s dosadnim muškarcima.