Thirty-nine-year-old Rose is content with her safe life: both her job writing manuals for appliances and her long-term boyfriend are reasonably satisfying. But when Mr. Almost Right betrays her, Rose decides there has to be more to it than writing succinct descriptions about how to use the timer on a Pause 'n Serve coffeemaker. Lured by the therapeutic promise of Cape Cod's sand, salt, and waves, Rose abandons her careful past and leaves the city far behind.

Rose wants only to heal her broken heart. But with the help of a few eccentric neighbors, a fulfilling new job as the world's oldest cub reporter, and a compellingly odd new man, she comes to realize that her past is the furthest thing from her mind -- and she may just have stumbled upon her future happiness.

A quirky and winning debut novel, "Some Assembly Required" follows a love-scorned technical writer who throws away her instruction manuals to start life over in a Cape Cod town. "Lynn Kiele Bonasia's hilarious and heartfelt tale of redemption, romance, and mystery is an irresistible one. I loved these people and this wise and luminous book." - John Dufresne, author of Louisiana Power & Light