Her daughter has a terminal disease and she has subsumed her whole being into caring for Shelby for as long as Shelby has to live. Andrea's sister Marissa is stultifyingly trapped. Andrea is a single mom who tries to shepherd friend Holly away from temptation but when Holly succumbs, she has few compunctions about trying Holly's settled and comfortable life, including Holly's husband, on for size. Holly is newly thin and looking for excitement which she finds in multiple affairs. It calls into question what we can legitimately expect from our lives, the meaning of loyalty, love, and friendship, and how marriages can wither away or crumble from lack of effort. Narrated in verse and in turn by all three of the main characters, this is a novel of mid-life crises, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, and infidelity.
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