The MoDERN. Anna Kate Blair. 2023.

It’s time for Sophia to deliver on her promise. 

Things seem to be working out for Sophia in New York. Having come from Australia to be at the centre of the murder world, she works at MoMA and lives in a great apartment with a boyfriend interviewing for Ivy League teaching positions. They’re smart, ironic, dine in the right restaurants and have (slightly unexpectedly) become engaged just before he leaves to hike the Appalachian Trail. 

But although Sophia writes labels for artworks, she’s ambivalent about labelling herself. Alone in the city, she begins to wonder what it means to be married in the 21st century. Can you be true to yourself and someone else? When she meets Cara, a young artist struggling to get over her ex-girlfriend, the two begin a connection that leads Sophia to question the nature of her relationships, her career and the consequences of being modern.