Where to start, with this wonderful book, that's the question, hmm ok, here goes, Kate Parker, is fast approaching the big 40, all she wants is a nice life, to settle down with Nick, her boyfriend, but then her whole world is turned upside down, and she's forced to move back with her mother. Deciding she needs something to give herself something other than her failed relationship, she volunteers at Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies, and it's here she meets Cecily Finn, who's bark IS as bad as her bite, a lady who doesn't suffer fools gladly, An unlikely friendship, is made, and both have a lot to give and take, I cried with laughter, and then cried a bit more, beautiful, warm, wonderful...