Published: 1998, Simon and Schuster Genre: Fiction Themes: Mother and daughter relationship, betrayal, teens, friendship My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤❤❤ This book will resonate with anyone who has ever dreamed of a perfect future where they find someone wonderful to love and then, in reality, end up pinning all their hopes on the back of the wrong person. It is so easy to go forward blinkered by that sunlit mental image of a happy home and smiling partner, constantly making excuses for the reality seen by those nearest and dearest. Details are glossed over or mentally re-written, actions excused and everything adjusted just enough to keep the dream alive. This is a story of broken dreams, manipulation and inappropriate relationships and how, so often, the people who cause the problems walk away and do not pay the emotional cost. Isabelle has these dreams, but for the moment, she lives with her teenage daughter Amy in the smallest acceptable house in Shir...