It Can Be Easy to Forget Who We Are in the Chaos of Life

Numerous characters forget who they are and struggle to make decisions in life, demonstrating how universal it can be for people to struggle with their identity. The most obvious example of this is Lila, the protagonist. She has lost her marriage as well as the life she expected to lead. She now is responsible for the support of numerous people. In order to meet the financial needs of all of these people, she agrees to write a book that presents herself as a sexy cougar, something that she is not. Because she has no fodder for such a book, she chooses the one sexual encounter she has at that time, hers with Jensen, and writes about it in her book. When Jensen discovers this, he is horrified, and she is ashamed. She immediately...