Sometimes humerous sometimes heartbreaking a woman leaves everything she knows to leave her home and family and re discover herself. This is about the journey of one woman and the issues of the heart that transform all women. A good read for those of us over the age of 50 that are feeling old!

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Through journal entries and letters, we travel with Nan, a woman who left home to find herself and, in doing so, finds her way home.
Another sweet, touching E. Berg book, with a main character I can relate to.

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Elizabeth Berg uses letters and diary entries to tell the story of a woman coming to terms with her past and to explore the reasons for the lose of her self-esteem. A "mid-life coming of age" book every woman can relate to and will want to share with her friends. A thought-provoking, easy and fast read!

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I took this book out of the library after reading a summary in the Isabella (wonderful books and spirit lifting products) catalog. As my husband was driving home I was reading the back cover.. Oh my goodness, why didn't just by myself a copy? I was hooked before I even read it and it didn't disappoint me. Now I buy all of Berg's books from Isabella when they list them. I also buy copies of this one to give to all my friends as we move from 30 something to 40... "I am on a trip. I needed all of a suddent to go, without saying where, because I don't know where. I know this is not like me. I know that. But please believe me, I am safe and I am not crazy, I felt as though if I didn't do this I wouldn't be safe and I would be crazy. And can you believe this? I love you."
Wow. Its a great read and all your girlfriends will love it too.

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This is just a great unexpected fun book - I think any woman who has a family & all the responsibilites that come with it has thought about just getting in a car & driving- with no idea where you are heading. I passed this along to my sister & think every woman who reads it should do the same!!!

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Ok, it's Elizabeth Berg, whom I generally enjoy greatly. So...I got through it. Wealthy 50ish wife runs away from home and intermittently rants to her husband, via mail. The chapters alternate between these missives and her speaking directly to reader. Maybe I'm just resentful because she has way too much time and money on her hands....

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Although Elizabeth Berg is a good writer and has some interesting points to make, the character in this book is NOT very sympathetic. It is hard to relate to someone who has loads of money and a husband who apparently doesn't care that she has taken off (in a Mercedes, no less) to "find herself" without any warning to her husband or daughter that she is so unhappy. If this book was written about a man doing the same thing, we'd all be up in arms at how selfish he is. Talk about a lack of responsibility! If she doesn't need the money from a job, she could at least volunteer and be of SOME use to society. Perhaps if I were younger or had an easier life myself, I could relate, but her biggest complaint is that she's bored (though she says she chooses not to have friends.)

Another book about a kind of running away is "Blue Water" by A. Manette Ansay, but in that book, there is a good reason for the running. I'd read that instead.

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Very fast read - first I ever read Elizabeth Berg and I enjoyed her...

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Good book for summer reading, liked the story and the characters and how they handled their problems.

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Laughed alot, cried a little. A great story about women's friendships.

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Wow, is this more common than realized? Maybe we should all get a trip across the country at about 45-50. Husband was so understanding and she met numerous people who helped to put her feeling into words. Pass it around and start some real conversation.

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Really likedm this fast moving book.

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