Now a film starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd 'A book you can't put down.' O; The Oprah Magazine For years; thirty-eight-year-old Portia Nathan has hidden behind her busy career as a Princeton admissions officer and her less than passionate relationship. Then the piece of her past that she has tried so hard to bury resurfaces; catapulting her on an extraordinary journey of the heart that challenges everything she ever thought she believed. Soon; just as Portia must decide on the fates of thousands of bright students regarding their admission to university; so too must she confront the life-altering decisions she made long ago.