| Good Grief | |
| Author: | Lolly Winston |
| Country: | US |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Contemporary Women Fiction |
| Published: | March 2004 Grand Central Publishing |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages: | 367 |
| Isbn: | 0446694843 |
| Oclc: | 55053886 |
Good Grief is a 2004 novel by the New York Times bestselling author Lolly Winston.[1]
Thirty-six-year-old Sophie Stanton desperately wants to be a good widow-a graceful, composed, Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, she is more of the Jack Daniels kind. Self-medicating with ice cream for breakfast, breaking down at the supermarket, and showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers-soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job, house...and waistline. With humor and chutzpah Sophie leaves town, determined to reinvent her life. But starting over has its hurdles; soon she's involved with a thirteen-year-old who has a fascination with fire, and a handsome actor who inspires a range of feelings she can't cope with-yet.
In her New York Times review, Janet Maslin wrote that Holly Winston treats matters of life and death with incongruous lightness and insistent lovability, capably rendered and extremely reader-friendly.[2]
The novel was on the New York Times best sellers lists for more than 15 weeks.[3]