Look at Us

Martin, a market analyst, and Lily, a corporate attorney, have a life that many would envy-they share an expensive downtown New York apartment with their twin toddlers, sample the delicacies of Manhattan's finest restaurants, and take Caribbean vacations. Brilliant and hardworking, they find their career ambitions rewarded with promotions and bonuses. But when the couple's nanny announces her immanent departure, they panic: how they will ever find a replacement capable of managing their spirited boys? Enter Maeve, a young Irish âemigrâe. Neither of them imagined how indispensable she would become, either to the household, or to their marriage. As the family's domestic bliss takes an unexpected turn, a different type of intimacy evolves, leading to an explosive finale. A captivating, trenchant portrait of marital sexual dynamics, LOOK AT US reveals just how fragile our social arrangements really are--