The midlife crisis, written in feminine

At the midway point of her life, a woman decides to make a solo drive from Los Angeles to New York. She has just been paid $20,000 by an ad agency for a phrase about masturbating, “but out of context it could also apply to whiskey.” The idea is to celebrate her 45th birthday 2,500 miles from her family — an affable spouse and a non-binary kid — splurge on a hotel and the theater, but the plan takes a turn, and she winds up spending three weeks of the supposed trip in a seedy motel half an hour from home, experiencing a wild and disturbing sexual awakening.

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