"Set in 1960s London, the book charts the literary ambitions of Mitzy Barlow, a housewife and mother-of-two stranded in a loveless marriage who has grown weary of the mind-numbing monotony of her life. She begins hosting Tupperware parties ubiquitous events in the 1950s and 60s to make some extra income from selling the plastic containers to women in her neighbourhood."
"However, she soon begins to combine her role as hostess with a burgeoning career as a writer of sexual fantasies, which she starts to compose each night in a journal to help her deal with the bleakness of her marriage. As her confidence grows, Mitzy begins writing her own stories under the pseudonym Queen B. Before long, her part-time job selling Tupperware becomes a cover for smuggling erotic stories to her customers, with the stories stashed safely inside the airtight containers."
Wet Ink is set in 1960s London and follows Mitzy Barlow, a housewife and mother of two trapped in a loveless marriage and bored by domestic monotony. Mitzy starts hosting Tupperware parties to earn extra income and secretly writes sexual fantasies each night, adopting the pseudonym Queen B. She hides her erotic stories inside the airtight containers and smuggles them to customers, turning her part-time sales into a covert distribution channel. Mitzy’s alter ego gains success, creating a dilemma about pursuing a different life. Wet Ink is scheduled for spring 2027 publication and has provoked aggressive bidding for television adaptation rights.
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