Westport, Connecticut, somewhere on the Atlantic coast north of New York. Getting to the door of his beautiful apartment in Central Park by her husband, Joseph (Joe, Josie), who teaches him that he leaves her for Felicity, Betty will have to settle for a small refreshment shack lent by his evil uncle Lou . The blow is low after forty-eight years years together, but Betty is hopeful to assert its rights and regain his household, where Josie and Felicity were quietly settled pending divorce. Two daughters Betty, Miranda and Annie, whose life, work for the first, the second in love, just switched, will join and begin a life somehow to three, cramped, waiting for days best. This is also the time to look back on their past life, the failures but also successes, and find little joys and hassles of a simple life, far from the glitz of good New York society. This study of manners around three age women and very different temperaments, marked by the vagaries of life, unfortunately turns pretty quickly to the sitcom, and what could have been a fine psychological analysis becomes a novel by romantic adventures, feminist as hell, but really not very credible. A good point however, Catleen Schine knows how to capture the attention of its readers, who are probably mostly female readers, for some writing quality. Although we do not believe for one moment, the charm works and we have a good mind to know where the author wants to lead us. A pleasant reading for the beach or the couch, according to the occasion
