A Midlife Meltdown ... with a Side of Fries. Val's long-suffering life as a patient daughter, dutiful wife and reliable workhorse has turned her into a snarky, miserable nag. She has the house, the husband and the career. The only thing missing is the happy. Before she's set out to pasture, Val wants one more go around the track. Unbridled. In Italy. La dolce vita or bust. Will Val find her happy ending abroad? Or someplace she never thought to look?...

"They say three's the charm. But charming isn't Val's style. Val Fremden is a lot of things. Quirky. Jaded. Disaster prone. But more than anything, she's afraid of commitment. When boyfriend Tom tells her he loves her -- then trades away her mom's ashes for a tiki hut -- Val's just not feelin' it. On the warpath with Tom, Val's forced to rely on her oddball friends to help track down her mom's cremains. But three botched stakeouts and two disasters...

Most definitely contains nuts. All Val Fremden wanted was a quiet holiday away from her oddball family. But that just ain't gonna happen. When Val and her boyfriend arrive at her mother's "country estate" in Hicksville, Florida, the annual family fruitcake competition is well underway. And there's more than a few fruits and nuts in the running. But the biggest contest is between Val and her mom. As their battle of wills heats up, unexpected ingredients...

Old habits die hard. But old lounge chairs die harder. Val can't solve all the world's problems, so she's settled on two: smashing every tacky figurine on the planet ... and ridding the universe of her boyfriend's hideous Barcalounger. During a neighborhood yard sale, the fate of Tom's beloved chair comes down to a wager. But what Val puts up as an ante proves hard to live without, and soon has her wrestling with the demons she keeps locked inside...

I got a dog for my boyfriend. It was a good trade. When Val's forced to take up dog-sitting as a second career, she runs into one tiny snag. She's afraid of dogs. In fact, the only thing she's more afraid of is Tom moving in and wrecking her Sweatpants Saturdays. With neighbor Laverne facing the same impending doom, the two women decide sabotage is the perfect solution to change the plans of their cohabitation-minded boyfriends. But their scheme soon...