From the book:
"Thirty-six-year-old Sophie Stanton desperately wants to be a good widow - a graceful, composed, Jackie Kennedie kind of widow. Alas, she is more of the Jack Daniels kind. Self-medicating with ice cream for breakfast, breaking down at the supermarket, and showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers - soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job, house... and waistline. With humor and chutzpah Sophie leaves town, determined to reinvent her life. But starting over has its hurdles; soon she's involved with a thirteen-year-old who has a fascination with fire, and a handsome actor who inspires a range of feelings she can't cope with - yet."

This was a book that we read in my book club. I enjoyed it, but there were parts that made me a little frustrated because the situations seemed to resolve themselves too easily. Lolly Winston is a writer who understands how to create characters that evoke emotion in the reader. I found myself feeling sorry for (and wanting to kick in the pants from time to time) Sophie, wanting to smack her mother-in-law Marion, and being thankful I wasn't a teenager anymore when reading about Crystal, her 13-year-old Big Sisters/Little Sisters match...

RELEASE NOTES:

This book was left at the MCBC at 1036 Fuller Ave in the employee break room.