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"Frank, funny and helpful."—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For the millions who loved A Year by the Sea comes a memoir of a woman who awakens at midlife to find wisdom in a most unlikely place
In this beautifully written and frequently funny memoir, Catherine Goldhammer, newly separated, along with her twelve-year-old daughter, starts life anew in a cottage by the sea, in a rustic town where...
For the millions who loved A Year by the Sea comes a memoir of a woman who awakens at midlife to find wisdom in a most unlikely place
In this beautifully written and frequently funny memoir, Catherine Goldhammer, newly separated, along with her twelve-year-old daughter, starts life anew in a cottage by the sea, in a rustic town where...
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"You might be middle aged if ... ... you are mourning your mother's death while caring for your ailing father which leads to grappling with long-simmering sibling rivalries at the same time you are protecting your cildren from the fall-out of your ugly divorce and dealing with a contentious ex-husband as you try to stay sane and survive a hurricane. In this gripping memoir, Sullivan guides the reader through the chaotic whirlwind of unexpected and...
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Five years ago, after an exhaustive search, the Chicago Tribune announced Amy Dickinson as the next Ann Landers. Readers love her for her brutal honesty, her small-town values, and the fact that her motto is: "I make the mistakes so you don't have to." Now Amy spins those mistakes into the remarkable story of the women in her family who helped Amy and her daughter after Amy's husband abruptly left them.
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"After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one, she did something incredible. Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew made up of her four children. It would be the hardest thing she had ever done....
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"Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: the memoir of a mother who, after ending her nineteen-year marriage, staves off a perpetually empty bank account and, with the help of her three young sons, saves her century-old farmhouse from foreclosure and reclaims her life. It's the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link's dream of living the simple life has unraveled into debt, heartbreak, and perpetually ragged cuticles. But when she and her husband call it...
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