From Gina Gionfriddo whose writing credits include Law & Order and the new Netflix series House of Cards, Rapture, Blister, Burn is a "piercingly sharp, bittersweet social comedy" (The Associated Press). Catherine's got the sexy rockstar academic career that every Ph.D. dreams about: another book out, TV appearances, and an upcoming speaking engagement in Italy. So what's she doing outside a bar, drunk-dialing her grad school ex-best friend, Gwen, now a stay-at-home mother and housewife married to Catherine's old flame? Both women, coveting each other's choices, attempt to find the happiness and fulfillment they lack by commencing a dangerous game of musical chairs, with surprising and hilarious results.