Thirty-six-year-old Sophie Stanton desperately wants to be a good widow--a graceful composed, Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, she is more of a Jack Daniels kind. Self medicating with ice cream, breaking down in the supermarket produce section. showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers--soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job,house, and waistline.
Desperate to reinvent herself Sophie moves. But instead of the way women like her are depicted in the movies--swept off their feet by a Sam Shepard-kind-of-guy--Sophie finds herself in the middle of Lucy-and-Ethel madcap adventures. And facing people who inspire an alarming range of feelings she can't cope with...yet.
