Caroline Jacobs is a mouse. She is quiet, she avoids conflict, she is shy, she is living a life of avoidance. Caroline is the mother of a teenager, Polly, with whom she barely speaks. She has an unsatisfying job but is a great photographer who has no faith in her talent. And all of this might continue forever until one night at a PTA meeting when the former prom queen president is mean to another shy, quiet woman, Caroline tells her off. Now, with some new found backbone, she decides to go back to her hometown and tell off her former best friend. This woman dumped her in a humiliating way in the middle of the lunch room in high school. Caroline and her daughter Polly bond on the trip but things don't work out as planned. Turns out Caroline has some other issues to confront.
This book is written by a man but features women characters almost exclusively. I'm not sure he gets it perfect but does a pretty good job, especially with the school memories.
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