In a private room sheltered from the Colombo riots, a seventeen-year-old girl gives birth to a hatechild. At a city gym, an introverted fitness instructor obsesses over his unattainable client. Inside an untended guest-house room, an adolescent cricket champ is caught unawares by his coach’s violent fury. By a rain-drenched gravesite, a special-needs teacher confides in a stranger.

New York Times-bestselling authors candace bushnell and Katie cotugno team up in this fierce, feminist exploration of everyday sexism. From Katie cotugno and author of sex and the City candace bushnell comes this fierce and feisty exploration of feminism: standing up, speaking out and rewriting the rules. Don’t be easy. Don’t give it up. Don’t be a prude. Don’t be cold. Don’t put him in the friend Zone. Don’t Act desperate. Don’t let things go too far. Don’t give him the wrong idea