- Tessa
- Johansen
- is
- a
- divorced
- mom
- successfully
- juggling
- teenaged
- children,
- a
- live-in
- mother
- with
- Alzheimer’s,
- a
- full-time
- technology
- career,
- and
- an
- ex-husband
- who
- requires
- a
- lot
- of
- reminding
- to
- pay
- child
- support.
- It’s
- all
- working
- well
- enough
- until
- her
- company
- lays
- off
- 60%
- of
- its
- employees,
- including
- Tessa.
- After
- months
- of
- resumes
- and
- interviews
- with
- no
- offers,
- she
- reluctantly
- takes
- a
- job
- at
- her
- ex-husband’s
- firm,
- Mind
- Fields.
- At
- first
- all
- goes
- well
- with
- the
- job,
- and
- relations
- with
- her
- ex
- improve
- and
- blossom--they
- are
- dating
- again.
- But
- Tessa
- soon
- becomes
- suspicious
- of
- working
- conditions
- at
- a
- farm
- connected
- with
- Mind
- Fields,
- and
- her
- instinct
- to
- do
- the
- right
- thing
- endangers
- her
- job,
- her
- relations
- with
- her
- ex,
- and
- even
- her
- life.This
- compelling
- novel
- draws
- on
- the
- strained
- economy,
- a
- lawsuit
- over
- a
- drug
- trial
- for
- Alzheimer’s,
- parenting
- and
- teen
- angst
- to
- create
- a
- vivid
- portrait
- of
- the
- realities
- of
- contemporary life.
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