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I love this book! It's about time we saw a character like Jill: a woman in her mid-thirties actively seeking a way to live a fully realized, authentic life with all its complications. Jill has recently experienced heartbreak, but getting over Angus is less an end-in-itself than a jumping off place for Jill to consider who she is and wants to be. Many readers will be able to relate to Jill's time internet dating (I did), but her relationships with her family and friends Hilary, Tania, and Erin are also complex, as is the career field she must navigate. When Jill goes through a scary health issue, we believe it and are right there with her, with the doctors and in the hospital. As a reader, I became invested really quickly in what would happen to Jill -- not just would she end up with a guy (which is kind of a boring question, and definitely not the point of this book), but how she'd handle various challenges and opportunities in every area of her life.I read "Head for the Edge, Keep Walking" in just a few days. Part of why Jill's running commentary on her life feels so spot-on is that it's often darkly humorous. The difficult moments she has with friends (and sometimes men she dates) feel really true because these characters aren't just placeholders but have their own serious concerns as well as quirks. All of Jill's friends are different and approaching life in their own ways. As an American who's done her time in New York City I was charmed by the book as a window into the life of people my age in Glasgow. I felt like I could hear the characters speaking in an almost audible way.I would recommend this book for anyone who's ever known what it was like to want to make a change (which I think is basically everybody). The best part is you can read it anywhere -- on vacation, on breaks from work, riding a bus or a train -- in short sections or chapters it works if you don't have all day or evening to spend, although you can totally devour this book, too. I also wanted to either buy this book for friends or lend out my copy because I know too many people who should read it. If not you, I bet there's someone in your life who needs this book!