Becky Alderton is nearly 30, and nothing in her life is going the way she\u2019d always assumed it would. She\u2019s single, perpetually going on terrible dates, and nursing an unrequited crush on her ex-boyfriend and current best friend, Max. She still lives with her mother, who actually gives her a curfew. Her job is a dead end, and Becky can\u2019t stand any of her co-workers. Worst of all, her closest friends are all moving up in life\u2014working in high-powered careers, buying houses, and getting married. Becky feels like she\u2019s stuck. When she misinterprets a tarot reading and assumes she\u2019s going to die, Becky finally springs into action and writes painfully honest letters to everyone in her life. She tells one friend that her boyfriend sucks, her mother that she\u2019s moving out, and her boss that she\u2019s quitting. She also sends a letter to Max, confessing her love for him. With the letters sent, she\u2019s ready to meet her maker\u2014except she doesn\u2019t. Becky remains stubbornly alive because it turns out the Death card in tarot doesn\u2019t mean that literal death is on the immediate horizon. Now she has to deal with the fallout of her actions, which could push her into finally making some changes\u2014or make her even more self-destructive. Becky is truly a mess, at rock bottom as she coasts through life with no motivation to change, but Seager casts her in an empathetic light. Becky claims that she\u2019s \u201cforever stuck in the role of \u2018chaotic bi friend\u2019 in the movie of [her] own life,\u201d so her transformation as she gains self-respect feels hard-earned and satisfying.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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