Two years after earning a PhD from UCLA, the narrator of LIQUID stands achingly far from the middle-class comfort promised by her education and the successes of her immigrant parents. Jokingly, her best friend, Adam, suggests she just marry rich. Taking this challenge seriously, armed with a spreadsheet, she sets off on a whirlwind summer of 100 dates with rich Angelenos/as.

But when a family emergency takes her to Tehran, it's a queer love interest and the possibility of a very different future that sustains her attention. Now she must confront the contradictions of her life and decide which path she wants to follow.

Exploding off the page with verve and originality, LIQUID delivers a modern dating tale like no other.