Tess Leonard thought matrimony was for life, but her husband has decided that their marriage is the relationship equivalent of a starter home: cramped, claustrophobic and something he`s definitely outgrown. Now, at thirty-five, Tess is in the biggest mess of her life. Known to all her friends as `Tip Top Tess` because of her dogged pursuit of the perfect home, the perfect marriage and the perfect career, she`s now a candidate for How Clean Is Your House? And it`s all because Barney has walked out. But there`s a life raft on the horizon: The Divorce Survival Class. It may be uncomfortable, overcrowded and nearly sinking under the weight of excess baggage, but it`s a boot-camp for the broken-hearted. Over eight weeks, Tess and her battle-weary classmates will lay bare the darkest secrets of their failed marriages - from the thrills of a threesome to the monotony of monogamy. And course leader William, an alchemist for the unloved and rejected, will turn their lives around in truly spectacular style…