Tara Babcock can't get over her ex-husband's relationship with her cousin. Even more so, she can't get over her ex-husband. Plus, her grieving over the ending of her marriage has lasted a year. Thus, her three best friends and sister encourage her to follow the advice of a magazine article, The Seven Steps to Closure. Through these steps, Tara's character and life goes through a well-deserved change.

Tara's character, as she sees herself, is pathetic in the beginning, but at the end, a change happens through some entertaining experiences, and her true strong being emerges. The story is written from Tara's first person point of view, with self-deprecating hilarity.

All the other characters are drawn as being different from each other, all well-meaning, except the ex-husband, which goes to show this author's skill in creating believable, yet quirky and funny characters.

The plot flows very smoothly as the pacing is well-maintained, and the scenes, each one of them, are delightful. Better yet, through all hilarity, I empathized deeply with the main character.

the characters, the variety of them and how well they were drawn for a story with humor, to boot.

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is Donna Joy Usher, a dentist from Australia who writes in the evenings after work. Her other books are Goon's Roses and Cocoa and Chanel.

I found it entertaining, funny, yet with depth as to the main character and story construction.

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