These nine autobiographical essays and one monologue bring the reader to some of the more bizarre places and situations Laura Story Johnson has experienced: a farm in the Midwest, where her mother tackles livestock, blow-dries chickens and gives CPR to a dead goat; Mongolia, where her friend brings a curse to an entire school on Halloween; Chicago, where she struggles with stay-at-home parenting and stalking her neighbors; and Vienna, where her landlady hides a surprising secret. Each story in this collection is designed to be read in ten minutes or less (because she has not had more than ten minutes to herself for over seven years) and prove that, as The Godfather says, women are more dangerous than shotguns.