Bare Naked in Public: An earnest and humorous account of one modern American woman trying to have it all

Christine was well on her way to becoming the woman her family expected her to be: early high school graduate, college-bound, and pride of the Amoroso famiglia. Until she got pregnant at seventeen. Undeterred and in love, she marries her high school sweetheart and strives to get back on track-she can still have it all; she'll just have to finish college with a baby on her hip. Eventually, their marriage is torn apart by her husband's inattention and her affair . . . with his brother. Picking up the pieces after a divorce is always painful, but without the emotional support of her family and most of their friends siding with her ex, Christine struggles to put her life back together and find herself, the girl she lost all those years ago. She strives to find her footing with her family and do right by her kids, but her love life remains complicated, as she runs herself in circles in search of true love and happiness. Her search takes her up and down the coast of California and all the way to Italy, where she reconnects with her roots and the man of her dreams. But is she prepared for what waits for her back in California?