There are similar threads throughout the forums on summarizing your plot. A lot of people seem to find it really difficult. "There are lots of things happening in my novel," they might exclaim. "It's impossible to talk about it in less than five minutes. People might as well read the whole thing!" Maybe people are making it a little more complicated than it should be--of course, as the author, you think everything in your novel is worth mentioning. But when you're talking to someone who most likely doesn't care, it's better to distill everything to a bare-bones sentence.
In other words, think of it as a newspaper headline. Eye catching. To the point. Great for short attention spans. And perhaps, even a little shocking.
