by Sharon Somerville Boyes (Author), Elizabeth Nici (Cover Design by), Marc Boyes (Photographer)
What happens when the person who's always held everything together finally lets themselves fall apart?
And who do you become when surviving is no longer enough?
Sharon Somerville Boyes-a nonprofit leader and Shakespearean scholar with grunge-glam edges and a rock-and-roll soul-invites readers to peek behind the polished exterior she spent a lifetime perfecting.
Champagne & HashBrowns is part memoir, part manifesto for anyone who has ever carried too much, cared too hard, or forgotten where they fit in their own story. Sharon pulls back the curtain on the family dynamics, losses, and compassion fatigue that shaped her, as well as the traumas that (re)shaped her family, the years spent chasing the bright and shiny, and the rusted signs pointing to what needed healing.
With raw honesty, wry humor, and a voice forged through resilience and reinvention, she chronicles the journey from emotional quarantine to hard-won clarity. Along the way, she uncovers her Champagne & HashBrowns truth: joy and grit can coexist, and a life rebuilt with authenticity tastes better than the one that came before.
This book is for you if you've ever looked steady on the outside while falling apart on the inside.
If you've ever given more than you had.
If you've ever outgrown a version of yourself that once felt safe.
Hopeful, grounded, and defiantly human, Champagne & HashBrowns is a reminder that reinvention is possible at any age-and that sometimes the most powerful revolution begins with finally paying attention to the signs you've been avoiding.