Ruth Patchett never considered herself particularly devilish. On the contrary, she saw herself as a tall, unattractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and mother in a respectable suburb. However, after discovering her husband's passionate affair with the charming romantic writer Mary Fisher, she is so gripped by jealousy that she becomes truly devilish. Within weeks, she has burned down the family home, collected the insurance, made love to the local drunkard, and embarked on a destructive path of revenge. This blackly comic satire on the battle of the sexes, "LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL," is the betrayed woman's fantasy come true.