Heroine: Average/Plump Imagine the joy of finally seeing your children off to college and making big plans for rekindling the romance between your husband and you. Imagine that your plans fall through time and again because your husband is so busy with work and late-night "meetings." Imagine confronting the subject of those "meetings" and discovering to your great shock that she looks exactly like you . . . 10 years and 15 pounds ago. Now imagine, just imagine, switching places with her! What worked for me: I love funny books, and "Switcheroo" certainly had some laugh-out-loud lines and memorable moments, which was very helpful in offsetting the altogether heart-breaking story of a marriage crumbling amidst a mid-life crisis. As a wife myself, I could certainly sympathize with Sylvie Schiffer"s hideous plight. But I was surprised to find how much pity I could dredge up for young look-a-like mistress Marla. Size-wise Sylvie was slightly plump and feeling frumpy in the beginning of the story, but she shed some weight in order to be able to swap lives with Marla, who gained weight for the same reason. (Ordinarily fussing over losing 10 or 15 pounds and getting plastic surgery would bother me, but I think for the most part the author handled the situation in a rather tongue-in-cheek way and gave society a bit of a thumb-to-the-nose where its beauty standards are concerned.)