This book just came out in the past couple of months. I read a review and it sounded good: an aging mother and her two grown daughters all going through life crises and living together while they do. Hmmm, that doesn't sound too interesting, but the review I read made it sound really good. And it was, I liked this book. An well-to-do, elderly woman is suddenly informed by her husband of nearly 50 years that he wants a divorce. One daughter sees her successful business brought down by scandal. I think the author wrote the story in a way that reflects real life--there are funny parts, there are sad parts, there are parts that catch you off guard. There are events that are so dramatic they changed the characters almost immediately. But much of life is repetitive and boring (but is this where peace is found? I think the author makes that point). And even when dramatic and sudden events change these characters immediately, the permanent changes take longer to set in, and are much more subtle in their progression.
Read it, you'll like it. Three out of five.
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