Story of a young urban downwardly mobile black woman who falls into a strange relationship with a weird affluent White couple (& their adopted daughter). All characters are weird. I liked & related to Edie, especially with her struggle to be an artist. Didn't tie everything up & left some mysteries at the end (such as what was the deal with Rebecca? was Rebecca named to reference Du Maurier?). I could see Luster being made into an independent movie sometime back in 1997-2005 (nowadays it would be an HBO series).