Alice Pearse knows her place in this world and she loves it. Wife to Nicholas, mother to Margot, Oliver and Georgie, and working part-time at You Magazine, she juggles it all. Although this was not the dream job in publishing that she had always envisioned, it allows her to be there for her family and her parents, and still be involved with books, which are so important in her life. But when her husband drops the bombshell that he has quit his job at a successful law firm and wants to try working for himself, Alice's secure life seems to be slipping away. Forced to find full-time work, Alice is shocked when she manages to land her perfect job. Working for Scroll, an innovative, unique company revolutionizing the book-buying business, things are suddenly looking up. Maybe this is Alice's chance to have it all. But what happens when having it all isn't really what you want?

A WINDOW OPENS by Elisabeth Egan is a contemporary tale about balancing life, love, work and heartbreak. Alice finds herself thrust into a world she always wanted to be apart of, but as everyone around her suffers, she loses herself and her convictions in the hectic atmosphere surrounding her. Elisabeth Egan depicts the madness of family life and demanding careers effortlessly in this novel, and the characters are realistic and endearing. A WINDOW OPENS by Elisabeth Egan is an engaging, modern tale and deals with the burning question of whether the grass is always greener on the other side.