Nightbitch

Nightbitch attends the Book Babies group with her son in her unshaven and unkempt state. However, rather than attracting criticism, Jen greets her with compliments—“you are so boho!” (184). Jen expresses excitement that Nightbitch will be attending her upcoming herb party.

When her husband returns home for the weekend, Nightbitch lies to him about their cat’s death. She claims that she accidentally dropped a knife on the cat while cooking. Nightbitch’s husband believes her. However, she feels “genuine remorse” for what she really did.

Nightbitch arrives at Jen’s herb party on Saturday afternoon, where Jen is dressed up like Nightbitch in “boho” fashion. Nightbitch meets other mothers called Jen who are all indistinguishable from one another. The original Jen begins a presentation on her herb-selling business and the “mental wellness market” to the assembled group of mothers (192). Jen talks about how these herbs, which can allegedly be used to promote different positive mental states. She takes $600 from each of the other women, who are now intoxicated from wine and taking the herbs, in exchange for giving them an herb-selling kit. On returning home, Nightbitch tells her husband that she attended the party as part of research for a new art project.