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Dear Money by Martha McPhee

5.0

India Palmer is a semi-successful writer, struggling to keep her artist husband and active daughters afloat while desperate to enjoy the same indulgences of her more successful New York counterparts. When she accepts a friend's bet--to become a trader of mortgage-backed securities--will her endless cravings finally be satisfied? A great play on the term "dear money" (money that is hard to obtain because of abnormally high interest rates), this is a scathing look at high finance, haves and have nots, and the illusions of living as an artist.