Good Grief: A Novel

New York: Warner Books, Inc., 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2nd Printing Hard cover in fine condition with eggshell blue boards, aqua spine cloth and black spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""In an age in which women are expected to be high achievers, thirty-six year -old Sophie Stanton desperately wants to be a good widow - a graceful, composed, Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, Sophie is more of a Jack Daniels kind. Self-medicating with cartons of ice cream for breakfast, breaking down in the produce section at the supermarket, showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers - soon she's not only lost her husband but her job, her house, and her waistline.. . .Desperate to reinvent her life, Sophie moves to Ashland, Oregon. but instead of the way women starting over are depicted in the movies . . . .Sophie finds herself in the middle of Lucy-and-Ethel madcap adventures . . . Filled with laugh-out loud humor, struggles, triumphs, and plenty of midnight trips to the fridge . . . .a funny, wise, and heartbreakingly poignant novel from one of fiction's freshest and most exciting new voices.""