when perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.
When a successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney ends her relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can't explain to even her closest friends why she did it. She knows her breakup has more to do with her than her boyfriend.
How this brave, original, young heroine finally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Guxbaum's marvelous first novel.