When
she was seventeen, Ally made a mistake. Now she has a beautiful
daughter to show for it. While taking care of her daughter, Ally
managed to finish college, get a graduate degree and is now teaching
at Brown. Amid all the responsibilities of teaching, including a
difficult boss, and taking care of her daughter, Ally hasn't much
time for romance, or sex.
One
day she's feeling completely frazzled with responsibilities when
Jake, a student, comes into her life challenging her to have some
fun. Ally is attracted, but sends him away afraid of how it might
affect her daughter and perceptions of her on campus.
Ten
years later, her daughter is grown up struggling to make her own way
when surprise, Jake shows up as her daughter's date.
This
is a book you'll enjoy if you like romantic stories without too much
explicit sex. Ally is likable. If you're a single mom, you'll
empathize with her dilemma of raising a daughter, being a
professional, and putting her sex life on hold. Jake is the kind of
almost too good man you'd love to know, and Lizzie has her own
rebellious charm.
The
plot is a bit thin. There are no major catastrophes. Instead the
challenges revolve around a single mother trying to let go of her
grown daughter. and the daughter trying to find her own way.
I
received this book from Dutton, Penguin-Random House for a review.
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