A woman who is prominent on social media travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. She is overwhelmed by navigating what she terms "the portal," where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that her followers are now dictating her thoughts. Suddenly, a text from her mother pierces the fray: "Something has gone wrong." As real life collides with the increasingly absurd portal, the woman confronts a world that seems to contain proof that there is goodness and empathy in the universe and a deluge of evidence to the contrary.

"Wow. I can't remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book." —David Sedaris