Newly divorced, and without custody of her children, Barb Barrett fills her days answering complaint letters for the local dairy. She’s just purchased a house in upstate New York once owned by Vladimir Nabokov and one of the many funny scenes in this surprisingly wry look at pulling your life together has Barb reflecting on her status as dairy-trouble mollifier in the same spot where Nabokov created his iconic Lolita. When Barb happens upon what might be Nabokovian notes on a baseball love story her life begins to take on a whole new shape, including the entrepreneurial leap to day-spa/cum brothel owner. What starts out as a seemingly serious divorce story ends up being a witty and somewhat crazy little romance where Barb meets a hunky carpenter (could he really have been anything else?) and falls in love with “the ex-person’s” dog. Author Leslie Daniels brings a bit of a twisted eye to all that Barb reflects upon, adding sardonic wit to the language and plot of this upbeat and original story.

Laura J.