Nici inherited a love for beauty and music and delicious foods from her Italian American parents. They give her a strong work ethic by teaching her how to do all the jobs involved in running a restaurant in addition to expecting her to do well in the Catholic school they have chosen for her. By the time she finishes high school, Nici has worked every job involved in running a successful restaurant and graduates into a managerial position. Life appears complete. Nici has a loving family, a fine job, and is surrounded by long- time friends and her beloved books. She tries to live like the woman her family has taught her to be, complete with a boyfriend everyone approves of. They wait for her to get married and have fat babies to complete the perfect picture. But then, the perfect picture shatters forcing her to make tough decisions. Join Nici as she makes the toughest decision possible. Travel with her as she leaves everything familiar and safe to move to a new part of the country where almost no one knows her. Enjoy the women she meets along the way as they take her into new emotional and sexual frontiers. Befriend Nici as she faces her fears and heals from notions that have hurt women for centuries. Stand strong with her as she becomes her own person with her own beliefs that often fly in the face of general and very old presumptions about women. Love Nici as she becomes a wise woman whose mind is free of debris and whose heart is rich in compassion.
