If you are craving a Mad Men fix (or even if you're not), you might want to check out Jojo Moyes' The Last Letter from Your Lover.

Much of the novel is set in early 1960s London. Jennifer Stirling awakens from a coma and struggles to piece her life back together, unaided by her husband, mother, or friends. While everyone around her seems concerned with superficialities, the appearance that Mrs. Stirling's life has returned to normal following a car accident, Jennifer increasingly becomes aware that something important is missing.

Warning: if you've recently read a book about an amnesiac (such as S.J. Watson's riveting Before I Go to Sleep), you might want to put this one on hold for awhile.

Jennifer's story drives the plot, dipping back and forth in time, touching on key experiences in 1960 and 1964. When we are introduced to another point-of-view, that of contemporary journalist Ellie Halworth, it's a little difficult to move forward forty-plus years and get caught up in Ellie's woes (boyfriend and career).

While I might quibble about the structure of the novel undermining the flow and development of the plot, I liked Moyes' characterizations and attention to detail.