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"Entertaining Aussie chick lit"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 10, 2003

In Sydney, Australia, Ally Tasker is not excited being an art teacher, but likes the steady income her job provides. The same can be said about her dependable but significant other, dull as most of her students boyfriend, yet likes the idea of steady dating him. When her Read more...

"A Story of Two Women Searching for Meaning"
Reviewed by Angela McQuay
Posted April 26, 2003

Ally and Meg are best friends and couldn't be in more different places in their lives. Ally is leaving her stodgy boyfriend and moving to the county while Meg is seemingly happily married, employed and the mother of a young son. Ally believes that Meg has the perfect Read more...

Summary

Ally Tasker is trapped in a dead-end teaching job and a relationship that's going nowhere. She wishes her life could be more like her friend Meg's: a great job, a doting husband, and a gorgeous baby son. Meanwhile, Meg is not as happy as Ally thinks. Dissatisfied with her perfect-on-paper life, a restless Meg longs for more passion and spon-taneity. In the tradition of Marian Keyes and Katie Fforde, this is a smart, heartwarming story of two best friends who are struggling to redefine their identities and their lives.