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When Hope met Roy, her second great love, she knew what she wanted...
Born in 1930 in a small town outside of Winnipeg, beautiful Hope Plett appears destined to have a conventional life. Church, marriage to a steady young man, children - her fortunes are already laid out for her, as are the shiny modern appliances in her new home. All she has to do is make a good marriage with Roy Koop. And Roy does love her deeply. But as the decades unfold, what seems to be a safe, predictable existence overwhelms Hope. Where - among the demands of her children, the expectations of her husband, and the challenges of her best friend, Emily, who has just read The Feminist Mystique - is there room for her? And just who is she anyway? A wife, a mother, a woman whose life is still somehow unrealized?
This brilliantly crafted and perceptive work of fiction spans over fifty years of Hope's existence in the second half of the twentieth century. David Bergen has created a generous, insightful, and delicately nuanced portrait of this seemingly ordinary woman who struggles to love her family and accept herself as she is.