Description: Social commentary about modern upper-middle-class life meets a strong story of midlife reinvention. A very funny modern novel.
Brief description: Lian Dolan is a writer, producer, and podcast pioneer. She is the author of the novels The Sweeney Sisters and Elizabeth the First Wife, as well as the editor of the Satellite Sisters book You're the Best. Lian produces Satellite Sisters, a hit podcast recorded weekly with sisters Julie and Liz. Satellite Sisters began life as an award-winning nationally syndicated radio talk show featuring the five Dolan sisters, with a million listeners a week. Lian lives with her husband and their two sons in Pasadena, California.
Review Quotes: "A compelling narrative and a memorable cast."
- Publishers Weekly
- Oprah.com "A send-up of a 40something mom who finds herself suddenly widowed, broke, and forced to reinvent herself...opinionated, energetic, and sassy."
- Mandalit del Barco, NPR "A knockout debut...it mixes up the classics and class structure in a deliciously witty romp."
- Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World and Pictures of You "Every reader will see something of herself in Dolan's likable heroine, Helen of Pasadena. Offering up every woman's worst fear, Dolan pulls the rug out from under Helen, and we get to watch as she recovers and reinvents herself with wit, charm, and smarts."
- Sally Bjornsen, author of A Single Girl's Guide to Marrying a Man, His Kids, and His Ex-Wife