The poor thing was cold and trembling, abandoned on their front doorstep. Dash, impulsive as always, decides on the spot that they should keep it. But her husband, Andrew, thinks it's the craziest thing he's ever heard. A fight over a scruffy little dog doesn't seem like much of a reason to walk out on your husband of twenty years - but the spat over the puppy is just the last of many straws.
Dash is so tired of the faculty parties at Mason-Dixon College that Andrew insists they attend even though he won't mingle with his colleagues, tired of his constant fretting over illnesses he doesn't have, tired of the glass of warm milk he must have every night before bed. Why can't he see that with her mother gone and their daughter off at college, Dash needs something more?
Now, living on her own for the first time in years, Dash can do whatever she wants...if only she could figure out what that is. But every time she starts making plans for the future, she finds herself thinking about the past - remembering the mother she's lost, her daughter's childhood, and the husband she isn't entirely sure she wants to leave behind...
Dash Bateman is a middle-aged woman in a mid-life crisis. Her marriage of twenty years is in danger of failing, her mother has just died, and her daughter is away at college. She's considering leaving her husband, a college professor, because he won't adopt an abandoned puppy left on their doorstep. Laural Merlington's rich vocal personality and exquisite delivery enhance this bittersweet story. She captures the finely drawn tension depicted during couples counseling and makes the sessions especially believable. Her vocal manipulations show the breakdown in communication as the couple's tones devolve--from calm and reasonable to condescending and patronizing. Merlington's interpretation of Gaffney's work is perfection. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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New York Times bestselling author Patricia Gaffney lives in southern Pennsylvania with her husband.
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