I'm not sure how I happened upon Opportunity Rings (#1,253) by Sheryl Steinberg, but it was a quite enjoyable bit of fluff set at the dawn of the smart phone era. When it came out in 2009, the technology being discussed and explained to the reader was cutting edge stuff. Now it's a nostalgic look back at the way things used to be before the vast majority of people of all ages became permanently welded to their phones, and multimillionaire "influencers" were still in the future.
But Erica Swift, the marketing director for one of the first mobile phones to add a few additional functions, is ahead of her time without having to actually, you know, know the tech. That's why she has her best friend at the firm, Teddy, there to "mansplain" things to her. Erica is going through some rocky times herself. She's stunned when her husband announces out of the blue that he's leaving Erica for his boss, an older woman. But her best friend Sloane is there to buck her up - she'll arrange for the best divorce lawyer in her husband's firm to handle Erica's divorce. And in the meantime, she keeps Erica busy with a whole series of rich, eligible blind dates. Sloane's only too happy to lend her closet full of designer dresses and shoes to the cause! You know there's going to be a happy ending here. The biggest question just might be: With whom?
There's no heavy lifting required in this trip down Memory Lane. It's perfect for the beach or the bubble bath.
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