Patricia Lim has given up her career in law to be a writer. And it’s not easy. Especially if you are living with your recently divorced mother. When Pat inherits her late grandmother’s house, she and her best friend, Adrian, hatch a plan to rent out the spare rooms to interesting housemates to make some money to pay her bills and to get fodder for her novel. She decides on Aish, an Indian psychotherapist, Olaf, a job - hopping New Zealander, and Steph, a Chinese American software designer forced to work in sales. Living with a group of clashing personalities proves far from easy, but Pat decides the mix of ‘ingredients’ is what makes life interesting, titling her novel ‘ROJAK’.