How One Woman’s Journey Through Loss and Wine Reveals the Ultimate Path to Reinvention
Reviewed by Angela L. Eckhart
What was supposed to be a normal relaxing summer Sunday afternoon at a friends’ pool turned out to become a major defining moment for Mary Alice Stephens.
After several glasses of wine poolside, Stephens observed her toddler in the pool hugging a floating noodle and “motoring around in the deep end,” and it occurred to her that he could easily slip beneath the water.
When she heard herself proclaim (to be witty for her friends as Fun Mary), “Jake, don’t you slip off that noodle and make Mama have to put her wine down to save you!,” she instantly realized it was inappropriate, thinking, “What kind of mom says that to her kid?” But, that didn’t stop her from chugging a final glass of wine before leaving and then blacking out while her husband drove them home.
