At 31, Casey Peabody's life isn't going quite as planned. She's in serious debt, is struggling with her mother's recent death, is waiting tables, and lives in a converted potting shed. But she hasn't let go of her dream to become a published author. In this book, she enters into a love triangle, struggles with anxiety, deals with a childhood incident involving her father, and...a lot of other stuff.

But this book isn't a downer, and that's what I like about it. I liked seeing Casey's journey (though it took me a couple chapters before I felt that way) and I cheered her on as I turned the pages. I also really appreciate that the book was set in 1997 -- pre-cell phone and before everyone had access to email.

There were a few cliches in the book about writers, but maybe I was just especially sensitive since I'd just finished reading Sally Rooney's "Conversations With Friends."

Overall, this book was a delight.