Since Amber's glamorous makeover in New York, she's still making changes. A struggle, since Amber feels like her life is playing in fast-forward since she and Naveen got married. With work, new family, and old friends in need, everything is becoming a blur. Making herself over becomes a renewed challenge as she takes on different roles in family life, and attempts to connect with Naveen's disapproving Indian parents. Naveen and Amber clash about managing their changing life, and work to compromise and respect each other's views. With Amber's excitable best friend, Chantal, and her romantic woes, adopted cranky "e;Aunt"e; Edith bringing additional chaos, it seems like Amber may never get a handle on making over her approach to life. Love is in the air, and everyone seems to be making their own new connections, or repairing old ones. Numerous surprising events interrupt their daily routines, and challenge the two of them to rethink how they live, and how to keep the spark and joy that comes from their emotional connection. A delayed honeymoon brings new adventures that bring the couple closer together, but is a short respite from their hectic schedules. Naveen and Amber strive to juggle their business at Poppy s Cafe with a new venture that will fulfill Naveen s lifetime dream, but all the best-laid plans go out the window with a life-changing surprise. Big adjustments are in store and Amber s confidence is shaken. Will she be able to meet the challenges, stand up to her in-laws, and make over her new life? Maybe with Naveen, hand in hand.
In the 1950's, Dolly Miller's parents invited social misfits, eccentrics, people of diverse nationalities and backgrounds, and physically and mentally impaired folks to their home. Some were lovable, some trying and others downright hard to take. Each of the twenty-five chapters highlights one of our unique guests, friends, relatives, or neighbors. All stories are tied together by the Miller family, their three older daughters and their youngest, Dolly, the narrator. Most stories are funny, some sad, but you ll take away the same satisfying feeling you get from a good home-cooked meal. As Dolly s mother used to say, It s not the unvarnished truth, but the truth with lots of varnish.
