Otilia Mancuso is a self-professed Xanax poster girl who works, loves and bribes in Hudson County. She has lived in a high rise next to the Holland Tunnel ever since she was elected to the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders. But now, all she wants is to disappear from the mess shes in. Involved in an illicit love affair, Otilia finds herself charged with four counts of aiding and abetting extortion and three counts of mail fraud. How could delivering an envelope full of money for her psychiatrist lover to the county ...
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Otilia Mancuso is a self-professed Xanax poster girl who works, loves and bribes in Hudson County. She has lived in a high rise next to the Holland Tunnel ever since she was elected to the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders. But now, all she wants is to disappear from the mess shes in. Involved in an illicit love affair, Otilia finds herself charged with four counts of aiding and abetting extortion and three counts of mail fraud. How could delivering an envelope full of money for her psychiatrist lover to the county executive be considered bribery? Cuban-American writer Beatriz Rivera serves up another offbeat love story full of oddball characters in absurd situations: a clog-wearing psychiatrist who is obsessed with yoga, financial success, and cheap-motel sex; his gorgeous wife, a passionate animal rights advocate and brilliant veterinarian who has a predilection for designer clothing and breast implants; and the owner of an organic food farm and a yoga school, who has taken an eternal vow of chastity. Loosely based on the machinations of New Jersey politicians, the off-the-wall antics of Riveras eccentric characters are sure to entertain and amuse.
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