A thirty-two-year-old New Jersey housewife whose life on the surface bears all the hallmarks of success becomes aware of her dying marriage and stale suburban life-style and sets out in quest of her emotional and sexual identity.

"In a well-appointed examination in London, a young woman unburdens herself to a certain Dr. Seligman. Though she can barely see above his head, she holds forth about her life and desires, her struggles with her sexuality and identity. Born and raised in Germany, she has been living in London for several years, determined to break free from her family origins and her haunted homeland. But the recent death of her grandfather, and an unexpected inheritance,...