SEVASTI IYAMA

FROM BEL AIR TO WELFARE

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A ZANY COMING OF AGE NOVEL ABOUT THERA BASILIOS NIGOSHITO, A RICH BEL AIR HOUSEWIFE WHO GETS DUMPED BY HER WEALTHY HUSBAND MAS NIGOSHITO, A SPOILED TRUST FUND BABY. MAS DIVORCES THERA, AFTER HIS PLANS TO MAKE HER INTO A MOVIE STAR FAIL. AFTER THERA WALKS OUT ON A RHINOPLASTY OPERATION, COMPLETELY STONED OFF PAINKILLERS THAT SHE STOLE FROM MAS, HE DIVORCES HER. LEFT WITH HER CHIHUAHUA EVITA, AND A FERRARI (THE TITLE WAS IN BOTH OF THEIR NAMES) SHE ENDS UP PENNILESS. AT FIRST, SHE TRIES TO HUNT DOWN ANOTHER WEALTHY MAN, AND ENDS UP WITH A HAS-BEEN ROCKER WHO SINGS FOR A SCORPIONS COVER BAND, FOLLOWED BY A MORBID GREEK FUNERAL DIRECTOR, BUT AFTER A BIZARRE EVENT, WHICH ALMOST COSTS THERA HER LIFE, SHE REALIZES THAT HER INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-RESPECT ARE WORTH MORE THAN ANY RICH WEIRDO AND ANY LUXURY CAR.