My Year of Rest and Relaxation

This is a novel about a young woman who develops a morbid fear of the future and decides to take an extended vacation from her life. By burying herself in her apartment and using one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medications she prescribes, she manages to hide from the world for nearly a year. She counts on Reva to keep her in touch with the outside world, but Reva's own personal problems make it difficult for her to maintain daily contact with our narrator. Eventually, even Reva gives up on our narrator and tries to leave her behind.