We need more books for women over 40, where the lead character is neither a victim nor a vixen, but, ultimately, the heroine of her own life.   I hope I have accomplished this in a book that will make readers laugh--loud and often. The characters in this novel are complex and compelling:  good and bad, full of contradictions, flaws, virtues, and vulnerabilities.  Just like all of us.  I hope they become best friends of readers--as they are to me.