Perfect Date

Grace Willberry is fifty-nine and tries to keep her love handles in check by working out at the gym once a week, where she meets up with a group of friends. Afterward, the group always replenishes the calories they burned at the Cheesecake Shop.Six years ago, Grace went through a painful divorce. Ever since, she has carefully nursed her grudge. But all it has brought her is loneliness. And so, on New Year's Eve, Grace decides to find a new partner for life, someone with whom she can share her joys and worries.Grace starts dating, and although the "e;perfect dates"e; set up by a high-end bureau land her in all kinds of hilarious situations, she ends up empty-handed. Or maybe not?The Perfect Date will cheer up all singles and everyone happily married. Earlier praise for The Oceanside Sun, also by Jamie Lorans: "e;Lorans' writing is eloquent with insights as to what constitutes our thought processes when confronting new and, sometimes, daunting situations. Some of the phrases are exquisitely penned, others, full of wit."e;