A humorous, emotional and yet sad novel about a woman who feels she has reached that certain age and needs to find a rich husband quick. 

Florence Collins is past 30 and decides that the time is NOW to get serious about finding a rich husband. On her way to finding a man, Florence does some questioning things, even for her. The novel reads as both sad and funny as we follow Florence thru her trek to finding a rich husband. Florence seems to make some bad choices along the way, such as a one night stand with her best friends’ husband, which she defends by saying she could not help herself - she felt sorry for him. And of course she loses her best friend. Another time is when Florence meets a man named Rafaella at a party, and tries cocaine with him to loosen up. He turns out to be married, with kids and his wife is in Venice having a baby while they are partying. An intimate experience with him finally nudges at her conscious and causes her to flee. 

The author had the ability to draw out some emotions in me when reading, the strongest being sadness. A wonderful writing job in showing what a woman is willing to go thru in order to reach a goal, a goal she may never be happy with any way.