Lolly Winston's writing delves into the intricacies of human relationships and the pursuit of happiness within everyday life. Her style is characterized by sharp wit and keen observations of human nature. Through her characters, she explores themes of love, loss, and the search for personal fulfillment.
Ten months after the death of his beloved wife, Rudy's still not sure how to move on, but his new job is helping. After being downsized from his finance position, he turns to his first love, the piano, and takes a job playing at Nordstrom. There, he meets a female clerk, prompting him to wonder: how soon is too soon to fall in love again?
Elinor learns she and her husband, Ted, cannot have children, leading her to retreat into her own emotional turmoil. As Ted starts an affair with Gina, a gym nutritionist, Elinor finds solace in her love for the oak tree in her yard, spending nights under the stars.
Grieving over the death of her husband from cancer, thirty-six-year-old Sophie Stanton finds her personal and professional world in a shambles and, in an attempt to reinvent her life, moves to Ashland, Oregon, where she encounters a troubled thirteen-year-old girl, a job as the Salad Girl at the local restaurant, and a cute actor as she struggles to recover. A first novel. 150,000 first printing.