This is the story of Quinn and her friends, a group of incredibly gossipy small town thirty-somethings who seem perpetually confused. Quinn if in love with a mangy dog and this triggers her desire for a change in her routine life. And the changes come almost. OK, I liked the factthat These Are ordinary people and indeed the book is about ordinary life, and there is some humor but the whole time while reading it, I felt I was watching a sitcom. So I'll recommend it to people under 40, not to middle aged folks who, hopefully, are enjoying secure relationships and do not want to read about nutcase behavior.