Julie Johnson Author:Wendy Hammond "Julie seems to be having a breakdown. Her two teenage children can't get her to stop crying so they send for her best friend, Claire, to help. Julie has, over time, become completely disillusioned with her life as a New Jersey housewife & mother... After Claire & her children get her through this bad period, Julie picks herself up and decides t... more »o start her life over... The two women begin an odyssey of odd jobs, education and self improvement."« less