First published 1980
Sarah Matthews stands at her kitchen window, watching her children play in the backyard while her husband reads the morning paper. At forty-two, she has built the life she thought she wanted: a comfortable suburban home, three healthy children, and a marriage that has lasted nearly two decades. But beneath the surface of this orderly existence, Sarah feels something stirring that she cannot name. When an unexpected opportunity arises that could change everything, she must choose between the security of her established role and the uncertain promise of something more. As Sarah weighs her options, she discovers that the hardest person to be honest with is herself. This is a story about a woman learning to recognize her own desires after years of putting everyone else first.
Genres: domestic-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: character-driven, midlife-crisis, second-chance
Setting: Suburban Home
Period: 1980s, 2000s
320 pages · Hardcover · J. Curley