LayoverClaire Newbold is not your typical heroine. Smart and sexy, yes, but she's also been known to sneak into a hotel room or two without paying, seduce a teenager in wet bathing trunks, and just check out of things altogether--like her job. And her marriage. No wonder, though. Claire's been careening off heartbreak. Her only child has died, she may be infertile, and her husband has had an affair. No longer a mother, not sure she wants to be a wife, Claire moves from hotel to hotel, basking in the anonymity of travel and forbidden sex. She even comes to believe she is clairvoyant, able to "read" into the souls of others. Eventually she begins to see into her own soul as she ponders whether or not to return home. As she struggles to repair her marriage and her life, Claire surprises herself -- and us -- by emerging with a new sense of redemption.
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From inside the book
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... credit card use . I'd been leaving my messages on the home answering machine when I knew he'd be on rounds , but he was persistent , and when he dialed at 3:00 AM , hoping I'd just pick up groggily , I did , because I was waiting for a ...
... credit card . I headed toward the bathroom , and once out of sight of the desk , toward the stairs . Went up one flight , grabbed a couple of towels from a housekeeping cart in the hallway , and took the ele- vator up . The pool was ...