When April is suspended from college at Harvard University, she moves to a Northern California commune to contemplate her next step. But when she becomes friends with Andrea,
a middle-aged psychotherapist who's just received a cancer
diagnosis, the direction of her life takes an unexpected turn. Interweaving themes of soul-searching, sexual awakening, family, friendship, loss, and faith, this book will make you
laugh and cry in turn. It's been described by readers as
cathartic and healing.