First published 2006
Hallie Lawrence Pierpont watches her youngest daughter head off to Yale. Before they even reach home, her husband Bill announces he's leaving her for Ashlee, a fitness trainer with perky breasts and shiny hair. After drowning her sorrows in Oreos, Hallie gets a call from an old college boyfriend that sparks an idea. She decides to track down the men she didn't marry. First she visits Eric, now number 277 on Forbes's richest people list, who remembers their old tradition of putting nickels in a piggy bank after making love. Next comes Barry, now calling himself Rav Jon Yoma Maharishi and leading silent meditations at a spiritual retreat. Then there's Kevin, the sexiest man from her past, now a scuba photographer working on Angelina Jolie's latest film. He lures her to his beachfront paradise on Virgin Gorda. Between visits, Hallie endures spray tans and cellulite treatments while her college age kids cringe at her return to dating. Eventually she must face the great love she swore never to see again.
Genres: romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Yale, Virgin Gorda
Period: college
285 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books