Love, laughter & enlightenment in novel by Ellen Frankel. Living in the cloistered world of suburbia, Syd Arthur is a middle-aged Jewish woman who is potentially awake, but likes to start her day with a strong cup of coffee, just in case. While for most of her life she's been convinced that happiness can be attained by a magic number on the bathroom scale - or a really great shopping day at Bloomingdale's - she finds herself in the grocery store with an empty cart wondering if there just might