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Mad Dash by Patricia Gaffney was the Abingdon book group read for February. It provoked discussion about the compromises couples must make to survive a long term relationship, and raised the question of how does a woman find herself? The novel is easy to read & entertaining. Dash Bateman is still grieving over the death of her mother & missing her daughter who has moved off to college. Her husband seems more irritating & aggravating than ever & things come to a head when she rescues a stray puppy. Andrew wants her to find the puppy another home, saying he is allergic (despite already owning a dog), so Dash walks out. She moves to their log cabin in the woods where she hopes to find herself. However, the reader does not just see things from Dash's point of view as the author lets Andrew speak for himself. Andrew appears to be very long suffering despite his annoying habits & is very patient with his wife even when he does not understand her. How these two work through their separation is the meat of the story.

Patricia Gaffney was born in Tampa, Florida but grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. She studied literature at several colleges both in the US & the UK. She wrote a number of romances then turned to hardcover fiction. Mad Dash is her 4th novel after Saving Graces, Circle of Three, and The Goodbye Summer. She now lives in Pennsylvania with her husband & dogs. Patricia's website is at http://www.patriciagaffney.com/aboutpg.html

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