Lorelei Romani

Twentysomething Brooklynites Mara and Jo have been close friends since middle school. Gradually, it becomes apparent that the increasingly unstable Jo has troubles that may be the result of substance abuse, or an even deeper problem. Over the course of a decade, the more stable Mara tries to help.

14 years after Dan Sallitt’s The Unspeakable Act (2012), we catch up with Jackie, now a married therapist-in-training who attempts to resolve issues of sexual dysfunction with her husband before deciding to visit her brother and newly pregnant sister-in-law.