If you think this book is about a battered woman who broke free and escaped torment, this book is not quite that. This is a story about a woman and her struggles while alone in the mist of traditional life events. Graduating high school, dating, getting married, staying married, and divorce all happen every day. These life experiences or the lack thereof are the stones cast into the water and the follow up decisions is the ripple.

Not every relationship should progress to marriage and it is not a sad day for every marriage to end. This book documents what happens to most of us when...