文思枯竭的中年作家，卻在一個充滿執念的寵物店店員身上尋找靈感； 一個懷孕的女子發現自己越來越愛以奴役她的幫傭為樂； 將妹妹救出精神療養機構的羅珊，發現她們其實一樣脆弱； 7篇故事，7種生命的樣態，平凡卻時而離奇，看似日常卻隱藏著科幻的末世感，Rebecca Miller細心堆疊出一個個場景和對白，如電影運鏡般流暢的語句，點出人與人之間既強烈、同時也具毀滅性的親密，有時影響著我們的人生，也賦予讀者更多想像與反思。 A middle-aged novelist devoid of inspiration alights on material in the form of an obsessive pet-shop worker from Cincinnati. A pregnant mother of two finds herself increasingly in thrall to her help, Nat. For Joad, the discovery of a haunting type-written document in an old desk in need of restoration is overwhelming. And when Roxanne rescues her sister from an institution, she comes to realise how vulnerable they both are.