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“An accomplished and superior novelist” (Statesman Journal) delivers a bittersweet book about a woman’s midlife crisis that asks: How does a good girl know when to finally let herself be bad? When she learns that her college sweetheart husband has been seeing another woman, Mira Serafino’s perfect world is shattered and she wants no one, least of all her big Italian family, to know. She heads north—with no destination and little money— stopping only when her car breaks down in Seattle. She takes a job at the offbeat Coffee Shop at the Center of the Universe, where she’ll experience a terrifying but invigorating freedom, and meet someone she’ll come to love: the new Mira.

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I picked this book up because I wanted to read a fun book about woman that did NOT go like this "young woman looking for marriage makes absolutely ridiculous decisions with no heed for responsibility or common sense until s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 16:18:27 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 12:24:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 08:20:15 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 08:22:12 -0700 2009 Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe at Half Price Books, I thought it would be exactly the kind of read I was looking for. After all, it’s about a woman who flees her troubled marriage and goes to work in a popular bakery/cafe in Seattle. “Oh,” I thought, “t...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 12:53:27 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 13:14:02 -0800 2009 me..." Well, except for the whole moving to Seattle and having lots of sex thing.

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I haven't got much to say about the story, really. Some of the characters (particularly the ones with Italian family roots) seem cl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 17 07:56:50 -0700 2008 Tue May 19 08:19:54 -0700 2009
Shortridge paints a realistic picture of what happens when a marriage slows to a crawl, sputters and then comes to a complete stop. These are flawed characters at their best.

My Thoughts:

Marriage is tough. For those that are not married, don't let a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 07:55:14 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 19:16:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 12:50:12 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 08:41:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 13:45:46 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 19:54:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 21:29:07 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 21:30:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 08:57:27 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 11:24:05 -0800 2009
A thoroughly enjoyable read. Great vacation reading. Check it out.]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 15:23:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 15:26:22 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 22:14:58 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 22:17:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 10:38:36 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 10:39:32 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 13 11:13:40 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 11:14:20 -0800 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 14:21:08 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 14:26:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 14:37:25 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 15:03:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 19:09:07 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 19:12:00 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 08:03:17 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 10:52:15 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 02 21:09:04 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 21:13:03 -0800 2009
I got to meet the author, who was wonderful, ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2238834