Synopsis
Shelby Lazarus has been estranged from her family for years, but when her father and stepmother are injured in a car accident he returns home to Long Island. All is well, but while she's there, her sister Lauren asks her to be a surrogate mother and conceive a child for her and her husband. The husband then leaves Lauren, who gets involved with a man who doesn't want children. Pregnant, Shelby looks up her old childhood friend (and lifelong crush), Mattie, who is unhappily married. All through the book, Shelby's mother, who died when Shelby was 10, provides commentary on the action from her perch in the afterlife.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2003-01-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 339 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Of course I expected the world -- and my daughters -- to change. It's nearly thirty years since I passed on. Still, I hardly recognize the place. Day spas on every corner. Miniature telephones. And such racy television programs. Though I do love that "Sex and the City." And yet, some things never change. Stubbornness. Pettiness. Families who fight. Like mine. Especially my older daughter, Shelby. She stopped speaking to the family. Hasn't been home in years. And it's not as if her romantic life is so great, either. She may be this hot-shot journalist, but she's still thirty-eight and as single as a sock in the dryer. Enough is enough, I thought. There must be a way to get her to come home. Make nice with her father. Pal around with her adoring sister. Maybe even reunite with that little neighbor boy she never stopped loving. One tiny problem. We've been warned about tinkering with divine intervention. But here's a universal truth every mother in the afterlife knows. Whether dead or alive, the job never ends. So, my darling Shelby, that wake-up call YOU hear tomorrow morning? It's not the Ritz. Just a little help from above.
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