Putt for Show — Marj Charlier

Lena Bettencourt, stuck in middle-level management at one of America's most mediocre companies, jettisons her job and devotes more than a year of her life to competitive golf. Along her way to the top of the amateur ranks, she encounters a violent ex-husband she thought she had left behind. Disillusioned by love and career, she perseveres by trading solitude for a community of friends. A mid-life coming-of-age novel, Lena's story is about unraveling the riddle of the past to help chart a journey into the future.