The Lightning Field - Couverture rigide

Three women struggle to find value in the ultimate of consumer-driven cultures, Los Angeles. Mina, a waitress, lives with her screenwriter husband and has almost inadvertently acquired two lovers. Her friend Lorene runs a chain of highly successful theme restaurants, catering to the unconscious desires and idiosyncrasies of their rich clientele. Lisa works as a lowly housemaid.
With superb wit and keen irony, Spiotta examines the lives of these trapped Los Angeles suburbanites - their neuroses, quack therapies and New Age obsessions - and the strange and varied ways in which women cope with their relationship to contemporary culture.

Dana Spiotta grew up in California surrounded by the movie industry. Her first job was as a production assistant on the film RUMBLEFISH. She studied philosophy at Columbia, then moved to Seattle. She has worked in restaurants and written fiction for most of her adult life.