I wasn't sure what to expect with this one-would it be sappy? Sad? Mysterious? Too light? I was completely gobsmacked with SO HAPPY TOGETHER, which is told from the POV of a smart, feisty, and instantly likable wife/mother/writer. I loved SO HAPPY TOGETHER (forthcoming from SWP April 20 2021). When Carolyn Mills flees her unhappy marriage for a cross-country trip to find her long-lost 'true love' Peter, she's in for a bumpy ride. I wasn't sure what to expect with this one-would it be sappy? Sad? Mysterious? Too light? I was completely gobsmacked with SO H Completely engaging and totally immersive read about a woman's journey to find her long-lost love, but what she finds is completely different from what she imagined. I love the ending.Ĭompletely engaging and totally immersive read about a woman's journey to find her long-lost love, but what she finds is completely different from what she imagined. Reflecting on the choices we make and wondering if you took a different road where you would be. Beautiful written story about the pieces of ourselves we leave behind when we become wife and mother. This book was easy to relate to if you ever given up your dreams once you got married. When she has a dream about an old boyfriend it's sets her mind in motion and she takes off to find him. She is losing herself stuck in a stagnant marriage with children. Caro Tanner is a having a mid- life crisis. Reflecting on the choices we make and wonder The story flashes between the 1960's and the 1980's. The story flashes between the 1960's and the 1980's. And even though I had doubts about her plan to drive thousands of miles on her own to surprise and persuade him to commit to her, I went along because Caro was so convincing. Caro spends a lot of time in her head reminiscing about their past and planning their future. A married with kids, 40ish, upper-middle-class woman who pines for the one who got away more than twenty years ago. When I got home, I switched back to the Kindle version and finished at 2.30 am.

And even though I had I started this novel on my Kindle at 9 pm on a Tuesday and bought the audiobook the following day to listen to on a day-long hike. I started this novel on my Kindle at 9 pm on a Tuesday and bought the audiobook the following day to listen to on a day-long hike. It sits in that raw, messy, confounding, beautiful place where love resides.more It is a story of missed opportunities, the tantalizing possibility of second chances, and what we leave behind, carry forward, and settle for when we choose. Set in the sex, drugs, and rock ’n roll ’60s in Tucson, Arizona―when Caro and Peter were kooky, colorful, and inseparable drama students―and in the suburban ’80s, when Caro’s creative spark has been quenched to serve the needs of her husband and children, So Happy Together explores the conundrum of love and sexual attraction, creativity and family responsibilities, and what happens when they are out of sync.

With her three children safely off to summer camp, Caro embarks on a pre-Facebook, pre–cell phone road trip to recapture who she once was and what she thinks she once had. She takes this as a sign he still needs her. With her three children safely off to summer camp, Caro embarks on a pre-Facebook, pre–cell phone road trip to recapture who she once w As her stultifying marriage is unravelling, and in the midst of mourning the loss of her creative self, Caro Tanner has a nightmare about Peter, an old love whom she hasn’t seen in twenty years.

As her stultifying marriage is unravelling, and in the midst of mourning the loss of her creative self, Caro Tanner has a nightmare about Peter, an old love whom she hasn’t seen in twenty years.

So happy together