Recently divorced from her husband and alienated from her three grown daughters, Candida Wilton is seeking a fresh start late in her life. She moves from a beautiful Georgian house in Suffolk to a two-room flat in a run-down building in London and begins to pour her soul into a diary. In pitch-perfect voice, Candida describes her health club, her social circle, and her attempts at taking risks in her new life. Candida is not exactly destitute, so she wonders if the move is some sort of perverse survival test--or is she just punishing herself? How will she adjust to this shabby, menacing, but curiously appealing city? What can happen, at her age, to change her life?

Interesting book. Not what I expected, and a pleasant surprise.