It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake

Noni Blake is thirty-six and starting over after a long relationship ends. She has spent years accommodating other people's wants, and the realization that her own pleasures have slipped down the list prompts an experiment in putting herself first. An encounter at home is only the beginning. Traveling to Europe in pursuit of Molly, a woman she has never quite forgotten, opens possibilities that are larger than a reunion. New places and encounters challenge what Noni believes she is allowed to want from sex, romance and ordinary days. Her journey asks whether changing a life begins with a dramatic decision or with the smaller, repeated choice to take her own desires seriously.