I can't say that this is a typical novel about a group of 40ish women whose lives are in transition, because it has an odd, but not unpleasing, edge to it. Lucy and her husband have moved to New York after his job loss in he UK and she has trouble adjusting to the crowds and the incessant noise of the city. Successful television writer Julia is separated from her husband and children and trying to find herself after a near nervous breakdown. Christy is already married to a much older, wealthy man and the mother of 6-year-old twins when she realizes what her life could have been if she waited for the right man. Robyn is the outsider, an unhappy woman trapped in a marriage to a "creative spirit," the main support of her family and unfulfilled as a wife and mother, which may be why she has slept with the husbands of two of the other women.
While not overly emotional or inspiring, Casey's novel is enjoyable. Each woman eventually travels her own path and finds fulfillment in her chosen relationships. This is not truly a novel of women's bonding, but it will satisfy those who enjoy that type of novel (like me)!
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