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Kelly Mills Johnson becomes restless in her thirty-ninth year. An appetite for more forces her to take stock of her middling middle-American existence and her neighbors' seemingly perfect lives. Her marriage to a successful attorney has settled into a comfortable routine, and being the mother... read more
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Kelly Johnson is restless. An appetite for more forces her to take stock of her ordinary middle-American existence and her neighbors' seemingly perfect lives. Her marriage to a successful attorney has settled into a comfortable routing, and being the mother of two adorable sons has been... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Kelly Mills Johnson: wife of Patrick, mother of Sean and David, friend to Kathryn and Charlotte, surrogate mother to Melanie, starts her own home-staging business while in the middle of containing both her own and her friends' mid-life crises
- Charlotte: Kelly's close friend, wife of Jim
- Kathryn Majors: Kelly's best friend from college, wife of Bruce, mother of Melanie
- Patrick Johnson: Kelly's husband, father of Sean and David
- Melanie: anorexic 15-year old daughter of Bruce and Kathryn
- Beth: Kelly's former best friend from high school.
- Bruce: father of Melanie, husband of Kathryn, heads up an international production company
- Bob Thompson: neighbor of Patrick and Kelly, sells his home when his wife leaves him, giving Kelly the opportunity to home-stage it for her new business, hits on Kelly while drunk, father of Tom
- Doug: Kelly's faithful steed--her car
- Gavin: Melanie's boyfriend
- Sean: son of Patrick and Kelly, away at camp
- Jim: husband of Charlotte
- David: son of Patrick and Kelly, away at Camp
- Sarah: newborn daughter of Beth and Ryan
- Rachel White: a gossipy woman in Grandville, who continually tries to undermine Kelly
- Dr. Weiskopf: Kelly's psychiatrist
- Marjorie: Add a description of this character.
- Sally
- Donna
- Sam
- Heidi
- Ryan: husband of Beth, father of Sarah
- Dr. Marsh
- Dr. Bane
- Alexandra: daughter of Charlotte and Jim
- Tom: son of Bob Thompson, friend of Melanie's
- Thomas
- Jennifer
First Sentence edit
Here's how I knew something about my life had to change.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kaira Sturdivant Rouda (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60832-091-2
Page Count: 310
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60832-091-2
Page Count: 310
Awards edit
- National Indie Excellence Awards WINNER (2011: Women's Fiction, Winner)
- National Best Books Award by USA Book News WINNER (2011: Chick Lit/Women's Lit, Winner)
- Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards HONORABLE MENTION (2012: Mainstream/Literary Fiction)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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