bbA iNEW YORK TIMESi NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - bA furious and addictive new novel iThe New York Timesi about mothers and daughters, and one woman's midlife reckoning as she flees her suburban life.bb piiA virtuosic, singular and very funny portrait of a woman seeking sanity and purpose in a world gone mad. i--The New York Times Book Reviewi pRiddled with insights into aging, womanhood, and discontent, iWaywardi is as elegant as it is raw, and almost as funny as it is sad. i--Philadelphia Inquireri pA comic, vital new novel. --iThe New Yorkeri pbSamantha Raymond's life has begun to come apart her mother is ill, her teenage daughter is increasingly remote, and at fifty-two she finds herself staring into the Midsbi--ibthat hour of supreme wakefulness between three and four in the morning in which women of a certain age suddenly find themselves contemplating motherhood, mortality, and, in this case, the state of our unraveling nation. p When she falls in love with a beautiful, decrepit ho