In Days of Awe by
Lauren Fox, Isabel’s best friend has died. Shortly after, her husband has moved out. Her
daughter has turned surly and prefers spending time with her grandmother. And
her maternal instinct is “buried underneath an unexcavated pile of clutter,
along with the missing check [she] wrote for her field trip to the Art Museum
and the bike key [she] lost last year.”
Upon meeting a charming gentleman in her grief group, she
must decide if she’s ready to date again. Testing out her excuse for backing
out of the date, she says, “I’m not looking for a relationship right now I’m
looking for a relationship right now I need to focus on me I need to focus on
cake.”
Slowly Isabel comes to terms with her dying marriage and the
death of her friend. She remembers how to make her daughter laugh. And just
maybe everything will be okay.
If you can relate to cake as a life goal, you will thoroughly
enjoy this book. If you are a forty something
mother of a preteen, you must read this book.
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