. past and future Through three marriages, Taddy Breckinridge finds that no matter how she might change herself to adjust to a husband, there is no happily ever after. In the wealthy and cosmopolitan world of San Francisco and Marin County, while she is selling off her late husband's artwork in order to eat, Taddy ponders her life and makes a decision to alter it. "Readers who enter her world will find Taddy lingering in their minds and hearts." Mickey Ellinger, National Writers Union. "By marrying well and not so well, a young woman comes of age . eventually." Marianne Rogoff, author of Sylvie's Life. "It's great to have a new book by Mary Lou Peters Schram," Sue Dunlap, author of A Single Eye.