thirtysixyearold sophie stanton desperately wants to be a good widowa graceful composed jackie kennedy kind of widow alas she is more of the jack daniels kind selfmedicating with ice cream for breakfast breaking down at the supermarket and showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slipperssoon shes not only lost her husband but her job houseand waistline with humor and chutzpah sophie leaves town determined to reinvent her life but starting over has its hurdles soon shes involved with a thirteenyearold who has a fascination with fire and a handsome actor who inspires a range of feelings she cant cope withyet