After landing a summer job with the Divine Relief Temp Agency, teenaged Ilana finds herself substituting for the Greek mythological goddesses, the Fates, who spin, measure, and cut the life-threads of every human being.
Llana Newhouse, hired for the summer by the Divine Relief Temp Agency, reports on her first day to learn she will be working for the Greek mythological goddesses as they determine the course of human life, while back at home things have gotten equally chaotic with her sister's wedding plans out of control.