Dazzling stories from a prizewinning author. An apprentice dominatrix suddenly loses her grip; a spurned wife explains her husband's flaws to his mother; a stripper turns the tables on jeering customers. Jana Martin's smart, vulnerable heroines respond to life's curveballs with guts and flair. Martin deftly plumbs the depths of their troubles - and shows the often startling ways in which they dig themselves out.