A touching and poignant tale of an unwed mother's journey to create a satisfying life and find true love.
An examination of life, love, and parenting in the modern world, and an exploration of wonderfully flawed characters impossible not to love for their dogged misdirected affections.
A single mother learns to love herself (finally) after years of defeat, humiliation, and self-loathing when she figures out what makes her happy as a parent, as a professional, and as a woman. With her hands full at home and at the office, love comes late in more ways than one. It's not exactly the love she was looking for, but finally, for once, love comes to stay and she's no longer chasing stardust, she's dancing in it.
Excerpt
Her hand on the phone, she considered her options.
And then, out of the blue, decided to call Sheila.
Ever since the breakup with Jared, she and Sheila had socialized occasionally. At first, Merrilee had hesitated; the reminders of that time when they had all worked together had
seemed like a big obstacle. Their first meetings had been for the occasional lunch downtown during the work week. Sheila had been full of sympathy, apparently not even a little
reluctant to badmouth her law partner. How had she said it? Oh, yeah: “Jared is socially challenged.” That had been Sheila’s way of making Merrilee feel less inadequate, she guessed.
At any rate, it had worked. She’d felt better immediately.
They had recently started going to nightclubs, listening to the music while they sipped their booze.
So now, calling Sheila, inviting her out for a night on the town…That could be just the ticket.
On the other end of the phone, Sheila’s voice lilted as she agreed to the plan. “Let’s try a new place,” Sheila suggested. “I heard about this club in Midtown…It’s supposed to be really happenin’,” she added laughingly.
“Sure, wherever,” Merrilee agreed. She jotted down the details. Hanging up the phone, she spun into action, planning how she would transform herself into someone sexy and fun and
totally free.
Someone who hadn’t failed at every major relationship in her life. Someone different.
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