Journal Entry 1 by catsalive from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Monday, November 28, 2011

You are 36 years old. Your lover walks out after 10 years living together. Your charismatic female boss sells the business to an unscruopulous, amoral womanizer to whom you become fatally attracted. To cap it all your beloved father dies, leaving you bereft of wisdom and advice. A week ago happy ever after could have been a heart beat away. Now it has vanished into eternity. May Roper's wise and witty first novel is the story of Lily, and how she emerges from this sequence of disasters to find happiness again. Humour, endearing characters, and a gift for putting her finger on the real truths are the hallmarks of this clever first time novelist.