Status Updates From Here on Earth

I remember reading this as a teen. I'm 40, now. I can't remember what it was about, but I know that right now I desperately crave the depth and resilience I find in Hoffman's characters and stories. Layers....characters NEED layers. They're like ogres, like onions. Today's Contemp Romance is all about the surface but I want to feel the troubled stuff. I was fluff AND substance damn it! So I have to re-read old books!