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A witty, unflinching, and provocative memoir about one woman's journey into the fact, fiction, and fraud of the modern mystical complex.In the months following the breakup with her longtime boyfriend, Victoria Loustalot crossed paths with multiple psychics eager to impart their vision. Persistent and prescient, each one slightly chipped away at Victoria's innate skepticism. She had to admit that what they knew about her past was eerily accurate. As for her future? She couldn't shake the feeling that some powerful force in the universe was trying to tell her something and, for once, she ought to listen. Or at least investigate.In Future Perfect, Victoria draws on her own personal experience to launch a broader inquiry into the phenomena of psychics, shamans, astrologers, and their fans.
About the Author
I'm the author of the memoir This Is How You Say Goodbye (St. Martin's Press; September 2013) . I also write a lot of tweets (@VLoustalot) and take a lot of Instagram pics (@VLoustalot) .My essays have appeared in a number of places like The New York Times, The New Yorker's Book Bench Blog, The Huffington Post, Women's Wear Daily, The Onion, Publishers Weekly, and even Munaluchi Bridal Magazine. I grew up in California but came east for college, graduating from Columbia University with a B.A. in English after just three years of study. I was also a Nonfiction Writing Fellow at Columbia University's School of the Arts, where I earned my M.F.A.Even though I miss California's produce and the smell of its' sun-baked dirt tremendously, I love living in New York City.
