My mini-book group partner chose this one and we were both underwhelmed. When Anna is “canceled” by the New York literary establishment for writing a politically incorrect novel, she seizes on Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy as a way to forge a new path and give the finger to those who turned their back on her. She heads to L.A. where she thinks she’ll write a TV series based on Rand’s life, but the most compelling aspect of Rand’s worldview for Anna becomes her penchant for very young men. The forty-year-old Anna spends an inordinate amount of time trying to put herself in the right places to get laid and then worrying whether her actions are feminist. Her screenplay bogs down and she heads to a retreat in Lesvos with friend Vivian. The story gains a little momentum here and the writing is bit funnier and sure-footed, even though, again, Anna spends most of her time orchestrating an affair with a dreadlocked Hollywood-obsessed either-year-old. The book is billed as a satire, but we could never figure out what was being satirized: Rand? Writers? Middle-aged feminists? A bit of a muddle, but likable in places.