Tom Lake, the story of an actor-turned farmer and her family is lovely, lyrical, and engaging, but ultimately unsatisfying. I'm not saying don't read it, but it feels sort of like a bravura performance of a meh story. Impressive, for sure. The main character is discovered while playing Emily in Our Town in college, after having played the part well in high school. She makes a movie that takes forever to come out, and in the meantime gets a summer stock gig--playing Emily (as well as May in Fool for Love). There, she meets and falls in love with Peter Duke, a movie star in the making. Duke becomes a movie star, and Lara (who dropped the u from her name) marries a farmer in a town near the theater and has three kids. The kids are three girls: Emily, 26, who will take over the farm; Maisie, 24, training to be a vet; and Nell, 22, who wants to be an actress. It's 2020, so they're back home with their parents and harvesting cherries. 

Lara relates the story to the girls in installments, with some help from her husband, Joe. 

Is this true? What a revelation! For Lara, it means that she still feels bad about dating her first Our Town co-star, when her friend had also been flirting with him. 

Unrelated, I must complain about the Boundless ebook app. The dark setting didn't work, and I kept getting logged out. Even when you're not logged out, it takes a few screens to get back to reading. v annoying.