LIAN DOLAN
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Helen of Pasadena (2010)
What do you do when your husband dies suddenly and you find that the life you thought you were living isn't in fact the life you should have been living? This is what happens to Helen Fairchild of Pasadena when her husband Merritt dies through an accident just after he has confessed to an affair and stated his intention to leave Helen for the other woman. Suddenly gone is the marriage to a supposed pillar of the local community, gone also is a life of volunteering on all the fashionable committees as Helen is left with huge debt and no money to provide for her son's private education. Given that Merritt's family is old-school Pasadena this shouldn't be a problem but it is. Helen fortunately manages to secure herself employment as a research assistant for an archaeologist who is rather attractive and this easy-to-read novel unfolds from there, full of humour and insight on re-inventing oneself. (LM)
