Narrated alternately between Meri and Delia, this novel is primarily set in 1994 when the women become neighbors in homes with a shared wall in New England. Meri has recently "married up" after having grown up in a depressing home with almost no nurturing. She is not very concious of her search for a mother figure. Delia is an older woman who has been living alone, separated from her retired senator husband. They become friends, but there's a distance between them as they both face their struggles to find contentment in their circumstances. I enjoyed this novel at first, but it became laborious in the middle. The main points had been made and I was ready to move along. I recommend this book for someone in the mood for "chick-lit with some meat to it".
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