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(9,356 posts)I recently picked up this nifty paperback - "Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias" by Jane Velez-Mitchell.
On-Topic Part - the peek inside Mormonism is fascinating, especially the Church-approved mating rituals. The church has "Single Adult Wards" for people aged 18 to 30, whose members are expected to pair off like Noah's critters.
For those approaching age 30 and still unyoked, the process seems to become a sad and frantic game of musical chairs. If you hit 30 and are still unmarried, you get booted into a general "Family Ward" and are on your own.
There's a great scene in the book about a guy coming on to Jodi Arias. He poked her panty line and discovered a thong, commenting: "That doesn't feel like magic underwear." Jodi responded: "They aren't magic underwear. But there's magic in them."
http://www.amazon.com/Exposed-Secret-Life-Jodi-Arias/dp/0062339001
Thanks for the "Grace & Frankie" tip. Sounds like fun!
I can also highly recommend "the lowest-rated show in ABC network history" - The Assets. About the 1980's hunt for CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames. The people who nailed Ames were mostly female CIA employees, and their thankless job was nothing like the usual James Bond/Jason Bourne spy fantasy. Which is probably why it failed. But being weird, I watched all 8 hours at one sitting and was fascinated.
Those CIA women had to fight the entrenched old-boy network, of which Ames was a fully vested member. (And a legacy - his father was a CIA bigwig.) They were constantly undercut and stonewalled by their own bosses. It's an incredible story.