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Drowning in early motherhood, Claire begins to feel a level of rage she can no longer control. She quits her job in a stab at balance, but quickly finds herself adrift, losing both her identity and her bank account balance as a stay-at-home mom.

Enter the wildly charismatic Suri, who invites Claire to help build a networking marketing company. “The Women Project” will source headbands and scarves woven by artisans in poverty, sell them to women in the US, and offer everyone a profit.

Claire throws herself into Suri’s compelling vision, juggling babies and a laptop as she develops a marketing plan and a team of unlikely friends. But as the months march on, there’s no sign of money…and Suri’s origin story begins to fray in suspicious ways.

When tragedy strikes, Claire must decide where her loyalties lie. Will she keep her mouth shut, or stand up for the truth and those hurt by it…and lose everything she’s built?

BURN AND BALM is a razor sharp tale of “gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” culture set against a backdrop of diapers and breast pumps. It’s about the complexities of female friendship and the unique power women hold to both uplift and destroy one another. It examines the way we often claim to “empower” mothers, and what it costs them in return.