The year of pleasures
Subtitle: a novel
By: Elizabeth Berg.
Edition: Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780812970999
Subjects: Widows -- Fiction.; Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.; Female friendship -- Fiction.; City and town life -- Fiction.; Love stories.; Middle West -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin anew. Pursuing a dream of a different kind of life, she is determined to find pleasure in her simply daily routines. Among those who help her in both expected and unexpected ways are the ten-year-old boy next door, three wild women friends from her college days, a twenty-year-old who is struggling to find his place in the world, and a handsome man who is ready for love.