A memoirof a year in the lifeof amotherwhose only child leaves home to attendDartmouthCollege, Every Day's a Saturday: Road Trips, Recipes and an Empty Nestis a laugh-out-loudlook at the ups and downs of beingan Empty Nester, butit's alsothe story of the evolving relationshipbetween a mother and daughteras they grow and change duringtheir first year of separation. Interspersed with cross-countrytravel adventures of the culinary sortand a few delicious recipes, Every Day's a Saturday: Road Trips, Recipes and an Empty Nestis filled with equal partsangst and laughter."