Today Will Be Different av Maria Semple

Eleanor Flood knows she's a mess. But today will be different. Today she will shower and put on real clothes. <br/> <br/>She will attend her yoga class after dropping her son, Timby, off at school. She'll see an old friend for lunch. She won't swear. <br/> <br/>She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action - life happens. For today is the day Timby has decided to pretend to be ill to weasel his way into his mother's company. <br/> <br/>It's also the day surgeon Joe has chosen to tell his receptionist - but not Eleanor - that he's on vacation. And just when it seems that things can't go more awry, a former colleague produces a relic from the past - a graphic memoir with pages telling of family secrets long buried and a sister to whom Eleanor never speaks.