title: Mating for Life: A Novel
author:  Marissa Stapley 
description: Helen Sear, a feminist folksinger who was famous in the late 1960s, actively disdained marriage, raising her three daughtersall with different fatherson her own. Now that the sisters are grown, each struggles mightily with relationships. Liane, the youngest, is in love but isnt sure she can handle the role of being step anything to her boyfriends daughters. Middle daughter Ilsa is contemplating leaving her second husband and two young children behind to pursue her art. Stay-at-home mom Fiona, the eldest, seems to be the one who has life wrapped up all nice and neat, until her husband drops a bombshell. Added to the mix is Helen herself, who has fallen in love with a man who wants a traditional relationshipmeaning marriage. She is giving it serious consideration, much to the consternation of her daughters. Stapley alternates the narrative among the characters, including two peripheral women, and interweaves events from each womans life. There are a few too many characters and subplots, but this novel does a fine job of exploring the complexities of modern relationships. --Rebecca Vnuk
zlib_text: MATING OF CONVENIENCE
  SECOND CHANCES BOOK 1
  
  ANN-KATRIN BYRDE
  
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