Same As It Ever Was

''I FINISHED THIS WONDERFUL BOOK IN FLOODS OF TEARS'' JESSIE BURTON''SUCH A PLEASURE'' CLARE CHAMBERS''WITTY AND INSIGHTFUL'' BONNIE GARMUSAt fifty-seven, Julia Ames finds herself with an improbab ...

''I FINISHED THIS WONDERFUL BOOK IN FLOODS OF TEARS'' JESSIE BURTON''SUCH A PLEASURE'' CLARE CHAMBERS''WITTY AND INSIGHTFUL'' BONNIE GARMUSAt fifty-seven, Julia Ames finds herself with an improbably lovely life. She has a husband she loves, two happy children and a contented existence in the suburbs. She''s unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, a soon-to-be empty nest, and a seductive resurgence of the past - all of which threaten to derail Julia''s hard-earned peace. Wise, witty and deeply moving, this brilliantly observed domestic drama