This is one of Tyler's better books. Once again it celebrates human relationships with humor, nuance, objectivity. No one can make simple plot lines more interesting than Tyler. A woman's life takes a sudden and drastic turn when she is 20 and in college, as she marries an older man with 3 children. Now she is a grandmother, and wondering if she has led the wrong life. The book is marred by Tyler's treatment of the woman's childhood boyfriend, who as an adult is more caricature than character. This was a great opportunity wasted, and it almost seems deliberate.