January 1, 2006
In her fourth novel, Senate focuses on four characters at different stages of breaking up. Book-editor Lucy thinks her marriage is pretty solid until she discovers her husband's New Year's resolution is to leave her. Lucy's sister Miranda's relationship with Gabriel has been over for six months, but she's desperately hoping he'll come back. Christopher doesn't want his selfish wife back, but he would like to spend more time with their young daughter. Roxy walks out on her wedding, fearing she'll be trapped in Brooklyn forever if she marries her fiance. She heads to Manhattan, where she ends up taking a job at the publishing company the other three work for. Each character grapples with the repercussions of his or her breakup with the help of the others. Senate's latest has her trademark quick pacing and sympathetic, lovable characters, proving once again she's one of Red Dress Ink's brightest talents.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)