This book blew me away with its portrayal of the experience of turning 40 and confronting the question of what you are doing with your life and what it means to find fulfillment in your work. Gretchen was so real and fully developed as a character, and I just loved reading her story. Teddy was a great foil to her, and the romance was good, but honestly that wasn’t the part of the book that will stay with me. I also appreciated that, as in Canadian Boyfriend, there was explicit acknowledgment of the need for therapy and the fact that love doesn’t fix everything - the characters have to do the work to address their traumas. And the humor was also brilliant. Basically, this book felt like a warm hug and is one I will be recommending to everyone as well as revisiting myself.