Tara Richards is unhappy with her job as a rehabilitation nurse and disenchanted with her marriage, but lacks the courage to make a major life change.
When her best friend Lisa disappears, Tara's life is thrown into turmoil.
Has Lisa jeopardized her sobriety by going on a drinking binge or is she hiding the news that she may be pregnant from her partner Ryan, who has a history of battering, and it's not his baby? Lisa is her rock, her confidant, her reality check.
Tara can't live without her.
Despite the near paralysis of bad hair days and her dread of turning forty, Tara joins a massive search to look for her friend in conjunction with the police, her colorful women's collective, Lisa's old-world Italian parents, and a twenty-four-year-old man Tara finds particularly captivating.
Review of Finding Lisa; Gripping, compelling and a darn good read.
Finding Lisa by Sigrid Macdonald comes highly recommended by Chick Lit Caf .
One evening Tara is having a conversation with her best friend Lisa, the next morning Lisa is missing and the search begins.
In the two weeks that follow, Tara will go through a lifetime of emotions.
What's happened to Lisa? The shocking truth is not revealed until the very end and it will have you sat on the end of your chair.
Review of Finding Lisa By Diane C.
Donovan of Midwest Book Review Tara is leading an unhappy but safe life, stuck in a career and marriage she doesn't like, until her best friend vanishes.
Finding Lisa is about having everything, losing something important, and re-evaluating life, love, and purpose as a result.
It stands out from other stories of disappearance and searching because of its focus on a variety of themes beyond the event itself.
These include women's connections and friendships, the kinds of shared interactions that keep such connections alive, and underlying issues of spousal abuse, midlife changes, and new possibilities.
The first step to making meaningful changes is to confront evidence that one's values, percepti.