Douglas Coupland

My mother, Jasmine, woke up this morning to find the word d-i-v-o-r-c-e written in mirror writing on her forehead with a big black felt pen. Of course she didn't know the word was there as she was awakening. Not until she stepped into the bathroom to brush her teeth and looked in the mirror (a...

Chapter One Susan Colgate sat with her agent, Adam Norwitz, 011 the rocky outdoor patio of the Ivy restaurant at the edge of Beverly Hills. Susan was slightly chilly and kept a fawn-colored cashmere sweater wrapped around her shoulders as she snuck bread crumbs to the birds darting about the...