This is a story about a nameless, childless, single homeowner ( I think we are told about the house so we know that she was once a responsible person). She has a job at the benefits bureau and in her capacity as a counselor she encounters a handsome ex con---- within a half hour she meets him in a parking lot and has mindless sex with him. From that time on she is in thrall to him. Her behavior is wrong and self destructive but she cannot stop herself. Ms. X is in such a compulsive cycle she stops going to work and neglects her family and only friend. He steals from her and even beats her and she is totally controlled by him. We are not given any background on him and do not understand her addiction. We just read on as Ms. X descends to the gutter. It is a offbeat story but very readable.Request True Things About Me from our interlibrary loan system
