<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Farewell to South Shore</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>&nbsp;taps into and articulates a woman's emotions related to dealing with a changing society particularly its expectations of women.&nbsp;</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Farewell to South Shore</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>&nbsp;creates an instant rapport between the main character and the reader who has experienced change in her own life. It explores the sadness of dealing with divorce single motherhood a friend's abortion a beloved cousin suffering from AIDS changing mores and the joys resulting from a loving family rewarding career finding new love in middle age and making the world a better place. The book inspires perseverance and determination to help take charge of one's own life in a rapidly changing world-a world vastly different than the idyllic South Shore of the main character's youth.</span></p>