简介：The novel follows a woman, Modesta, who is born on 1 January 1900 and her experiences though her life in the twentieth century. The text is written for the most part in the first person (by Modesta), but sometimes also in the third person, especially in the first part of the novel.
简介：When an overworked and underpaid high school counselor at a wealthy private school in Los Angeles becomes burdened by medical costs and fed up with the politics of wealth, she decides to accept a bribe from a family, roping in her fellow counselors in the