Cathy Voorhees loves her career in advertising as a trend- predicting hipster who creates ironic, cutting-edge campaigns. She expects a promotion, but after a pitch for prepackaged frozen dinners turns into a mockery of the old- fashioned image of the manufacturer, Cathy is fired instead. She's moping in her tiny Manhattan apartment when an accident with her microwave knocks her unconscious and she awakens surrounded by strangers.

Cathy has more problems than just a bump on her head. She actually wakes up in 1959 and she's taken over the life of a young career woman named Cathy Voight. As Cathy tries to fake her way through life in 1959, she learns firsthand about home-cooked meals, since the other Cathy was a cookbook author for convenience foods. Between a boss who regularly tries to pinch her bottom and the romances of her two roommates, Cathy is desperate to get back to her own time. Her only regret is leaving behind the adorable guy in the downstairs apartment, a man who dreams of superheroes and science fiction and is clearly crushing on Cathy. But does he want 1959's Cathy Voight, or the modern-day Cathy Voorhees? Only time will tell!

Naomi Neale's creativity and talents for observation shine in the parallels between the lives of the two women. Witty insights appear in Cathy's hilarious pro-and-con lists to logically assess her dilemma. Of course, the plot of this novel is contrived, as all time-travel plots must be, but the story is character-driven in both the past and the present. Enjoy a fun twist on chick lit that spotlights the trials and tribulations of Manhattan career girls from two generations.