{"product_id":"pause-paperback","title":"Pause - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Stamey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePause: \u003c\/em\u003eWomen's Fiction by Sara Stamey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear Diary, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Shall we pause to take stock?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Female (liberated, at least from fraught marriage). Age 52, height 5'5\", weight 120, bone density excellent, minimal cellulite, maximal hot flashes. One and 3\/4 breasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Months since sex: 27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lindsey Friedland, former river-rafting guide and avid outdoorswoman, has hit the worst stretch of water she's ever faced: divorce from an abuser, breast cancer, menopause symptoms that her friends seem to have paddled serenely by. And she's lost sight of her dream of becoming an environmental journalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lindsey needs to get her spark back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear Diary, Disastrous blind dates so far: \u003cem\u003eThe walking cologne bottle. The \"really want a gal to give me babies\" guy. The pushy past-life reintegration facilitator.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Lindsey make it past the rocky shoals of family upheavals, job crises, sexism, and ageism... not to mention toxic love traps? Does \"happily ever after\" now mean settling for occasional (but hot!) sex with Mr. Maybe? Can she reclaim her journalism dream?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dear Diary, I'm tired of being tragic. I'm sending off my article about the bulldozers versus the baby owls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst Place, Somerset Award for Women's Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sara Stamey does for fiction what Cheryl Strayed and Elizabeth Gilbert did for memoir-\u003cem\u003ePause \u003c\/em\u003egives a voice to women who are too often invisible in contemporary books. The unforgettable Lindsey Friedland weaves together humor and passion against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest's natural beauty, using her unique voice to deliver a must-read novel about friendship, love, and killer hot flashes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e Bestselling author Mindy Klasky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707579371583,"sku":"9781611389647","price":23.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6c96d25b99044f4db6ea46f81e3fed3a.webp?v=1765044623","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/pause-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}