Mira is a mess. Let's face it: she's having hot flashes and forgetting things, and her daughter hates her, and she has too many rescue dogs running around the house, but she keeps clinging to the idea that life is supposed to be perfect. When she finds out her husband has a too-intimate friendship with another woman in their small Oregon coast town, she goes a little crazy and runs away from him, her daughter, her widower father and old Italian grandmother. Her car breaks down in Seattle and she finds herself working in a coffee shop with quirky characters, and begins the journey to finding herself.

This is a fast, funny, and poignant read, and provides SO much for book groups to talk about: empty-nest syndrome, cheating husbands, hormones, grown kids, running-away fantasies . . . yes, we all have them sometimes!

Highly recommended.