My Year Of Rest And Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh is the author of the 2018 novel called My Year Of Rest And Relaxation. This is a darkly comedic novel about a young, beautiful, wealthy college graduate who wants to take time off work to rest. She can use her trust funds to pay her expenses. Both of her parents have recently passed away. She lives in Manhattan in a building with a doorman. She quits her job at an art gallery. She finds a psychiatrist with unusual methods. This psychiatrist throws drugs at her willy nilly. She gets ambien, vicodin, Xanas, Risperidol, anti-anxiety, anti-psychotic, and sleeping pills. One of them has a side effect where she leaves the building and goes shopping so she is careful about that one. The only glitch is that her college friend, Reva, keeps coming to visit. Reva is jealous of her wealth and beauty. Her visits are sometimes pleasant and other times annoying. I think it's crazy that a young woman in the prime of her life wants to sleep her life away to reset her life. One summer day Reva calls again and her call is not answered. Soon after that 9/11 happens. Reva is at work at the World Trade Centers and she looses her life.