In Jane Green's newest novel two women on opposite sides of the relationship spectrum decide to take on the other's life for a period of four weeks. Victoria Townsley is 35, single and the features director of Poise magazine in England. Vicky is successful, loves her job, and has a neighborhood guy named Daniel who she can call when she's feeling a little restless. The only thing missing from her life is a husband, children, a country home, and an Aga; sadly, the lack of these items are what she chooses to focus on when thinking about her life. On the other side of the pond, in Highield, Connecticut, lives Amber Winslow, a former lawyer and now married mother of two whose husband commutes back and forth to his job on Wall Street. Amber's life is filled with charity events, lavish spending, and hanging out with the Highfield League of Young Ladies (also known as Social Climbers in Suburbia). Despite appearing to have it all, Amber can't help but feel like something is missing from her life and thinks that participating in the swap just might remind her of what it is.

This book was funny, quick-witted, and shows that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Jane Green's characters are the type of women you'd want to meet for a drink and talk over your problems. Even when they're doing things that annoy you or making choices you don't agree with, Green has the ability to soften even your harshest criticisms with her characters' quick internal dialogue and witty self-deprecation. This book was a quick read and a lovely story, though I still prefer some of her earlier books like JEMIMA J and BABYVILLE. If this is your first Jane Green novel I would suggest either of those over this one, though Green didn't disappoint and this novel will be a fun and lighthearted choice for readers of women's fiction.