From the Series: Women Who Survive and Thrive, Book 1. Optioned for television Elizabeth Malone wakes up the morning after an amazing night of passion with her husband of forty years to find a note: Dear Lizzie, it's not you, it's me. Abandoned by her husband, disappointed in daughter Susie's casual attitude 'Dad's having a mid-life crisis', Beth decides to re-establish herself as the winner she once was. When Frank Malone returns, he's in for a big surprise