The Gravy Train : An Inside Look at the Long Island Rail Road Book

This book takes a humorous look at the every day challenges and inner thoughts that a woman goes through every day, and yet is ashamed to admit it..... Until she finally realizes at the age of forty that every woman goes through the same challenges. The author takes an unusual yet fun approach to her different roles in life; each role having their own character. The "Good Mother," the "Good Wife," and then there's the "True Self" character...... The one we all wish we could be all the time. The book's format is that of a daily diary. Most of the entries conclude in some sort of life lesson. One example is her entry in which she lectures the character "Black Collie," that he is going to have to mend his ways. But it seems the more intense this lecture is, the harder "Black Collie's" tail will wag. She concludes that no matter how chaotic life is, his tail still wags....he is happy in spite of the world around him.

It's a quick and easy read and allows you to misplace the book in a large pile of magazines and other clutter for a while and yet pick up where you left off after you have finally found it again. A fun book to give to any woman for her 40th birthday, or just read and pass on the a friend.