Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood

Grace is having a really bad day -a total meltdown after a bad year. Looking back on her life at 45 she feels loss - of her career, of her daughter and of her marriage. She used to be amazing but has felt lately like she is failing at everything. As she makes her way to her teenage daughter's birthday party with her gift of an amazing cake and an apology we see the day start to go as sideways as the icing on the cake. Every mother with a teenage daughter, every woman of a certain age who is looking back wanting the world to see them as they used to and every woman dealing with hormone swings and body changes will see something of themselves in this book. There are some very serious issues that are addressed here as well concerning her daughter's secret boyfriend and the loss of a young child and mental health issues. We are all in Grace's corner even when you can't possibly think her day can get any worse. I listened to the audiobook of this and the tension is spot on.  3 1/2 stars