First published 2016
Penny Sinclair knows the statistics cold. Sixty percent of spouses cheat, fifty percent of marriages crash, and she got everything in her divorce when her husband proved both numbers right. The cheating stung less than his choice of a woman their daughter's age. Now Penny owns their Victorian house outright and plans to sell it right after her middle daughter's backyard wedding. She wants that downtown Chicago condo, a white couch, and maybe a Match.com date. The house sells within average market time. Then her kids boomerang home. Her parents need help. Even her ex shows up asking for support. Penny becomes the sandwich generation poster child, squeezed between everyone else's problems while trying to make managing director at work. She wanted simple math and clean decisions, but family doesn't follow actuarial tables.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Chicago
Period: 21st-century
296 pages · Hardcover · Berkley