I am grateful to have read this memoir. It is disheartening to suffer Patrice Gaines' experiences. Three marriages and a myriad of nightmare romances. I am thankful she wised up after her third marriage. (She had married three times before she turned 35!) Therapy and healthy friendships healed much of her wounds. But the loss of Michael, Cooper, her parents, Ginny and her lifelong friends opened miles of pain. She lived through it, emerging wiser and still enraptured by life. Her daughter proved the experiences weren't for naught. They have a nurturing relationship and Miss Gaines has retained the position of loved and respected mother.
4 out of 5 stars
