The Not-So-Perfect Life of Mo Lawrence

A laugh-out-loud novel about marriage, kids and losing control.

Michelle Lawrences perfect life has been just as shes designed it. But then her husband, Chad, ruins everything by taking a job in San Francisco, about as far from their comfortable family home as its possible to get without actually emigrating.

Up until now, Chads primary focus has been keeping her happy, and Michelle can see no good reason why this should change.

But change it has, and Michelle now has to deal with Chads increasing detachment, while building a new life with her two small children in a place filled with cat-eating coyotes. On top of that, Michelles oldest friend is turning against marriage while her newest is a little too obsessed with clean taps.

And down the redwood-lined street, theres Aishe Herne, a woman who could pick a fight with a silent order of nuns. Aishe has designed her own kind of perfect life, in which theres room for her, her teenage son and no one else.

But when cousin Patrick lands in town like a Cockney nemesis, both Aishe and Michelle must begin determined campaigns to regain their grip on the steering wheel of their lives.