Exit Strategies

by Catherine Todd

Book Overview

Fresh out of law school, Becky Weston Pratt is juggling job problems, rebellious teenage children, and numerous difficulties when the owner of a large new health corporation requests her services.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060008784
• ISBN13: 9780060008789
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

If you like Jane Heller, you'll love this!

Written in the same vain as Jane Heller, this novel portrays a middle-aged single mom, stuck in what we call the "sandwich generation." Alternately worried about her kids and her elderly mom, while trying to juggle a career as a newly-graduated corporate attorney, this novel is realistic in showing her struggles, but always with a keen sense of humor. Just enough love interest and intrigue to keep you going. A perfect novel, and I'll look for more of Catherine Todd's books.

As much fun as Susan Isaacs!

I have enjoyed Ms. Todd's books for years, before she was writing this genre, and her sparkle and sense of humor make this an extremely fun and absorbing read. Highly recommended!

West Coast Merry-Go-Round

2-8-02 Keeping yoyr options open while living a laid back, but fast-paced life is the epitome of what we think of as the California style. "Exit Strategies" by Catherine Todd, who lives in San Diego, knows the territory. Our heroine, Becky Weston, a single mother, has put herself through law school and moved from receptionist to associate in a small, but prestigious law firm in upscale La Jolla. In the first paragraph, the head of the firm is described as "Armani Adonis" so with this snappy economy of language we know that he cuts an attractive figure and that Becky has a bit of crush on him. It is this well-crafted use of description and dialogue that gives all of the characters dimension so that the reader is interested in their daily trials and tribulations and how they react with one another. When Becky's ex dies unexpectedly, leaving his second wife as trustee, life becomes much more complicated. The frantic pursuit of youthfulness and the medical machinations that take advantage of the gullible is one thread; having a shrink, and money hiding in offshore bank accounts are others. How Becky keeps all her balloons in the air without a misstep keeps the pages turning to the amusement and enjoyment of the reader. The book is a well-crafted, light-hearted, sophisticated romp along our Pacific rim.

Thoroughly Enjoyable!

Cathy Todd is a wonderful modern author. Like her previous books, Making Waves and Staying Cool, Exit Strategies gets to the heart of women's feelings but does it through an exciting, amusing story. This is a thoroughly enjoyable book!

insightful look at an optimist

Since her divorce, La Jolla, California's Becky Weston has worked hard to get where she is now. She partially supports her daughter and son, nurtured her demanding elderly mother, and attended law school at night while working as a receptionist at Roth, Tolbert & Anderson. Now a lawyer at the same firm, Becky is still at times assigned the tasks of a receptionist. When her ex husband dies, his will causes havoc on Becky and their children as his second wife controls the trust funds. Her professional life begins to look up as Becky is assigned to legally represent current in-crowd guru Bobbi Crystol, proponent of an anti-aging program. However, just when her legal career looks upward, Becky notices that many participants in Crystol's program seem sicker when they leave. Knowing she needs her job, but fretting over her integrity, Becky struggles with what to do about her new client. EXIT STRATEGIES is an insightful look at an optimist who has been down for the nine count on several occasions, but always gets up jabbing. Becky makes the story line as readers follow her trials and tribulations that probably make her feel as if she is part of Job's gene pool. The support cast mostly adds stress to Becky's life, but that enables the audience to observe her coping with one disaster after another. Catherine Todd provides an insightful look at a true survivor, who surprisingly never runs away from home though the thought is bouncing around her conscious electrons.Harriet Klausner