{"product_id":"9781968506902","title":"Between Chapters: How I Started Over, Took Some Chances, and Found the Plot","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Bombeckian brevity and wit.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor anyone in the messy middle—of a marriage, a loss, an emptying house, or a life that no longer fits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou’re not starting over. You’re between chapters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn forty short, funny, honest essays, Zibby Owens writes about what happens when the life you carefully built stops looking like the life you thought you’d have—and you have to figure out who you are now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver one tumultuous decade, her life comes apart and slowly, surprisingly, comes back together: a divorce that upends her family, a second chance at love, four kids and countless shared-custody handoffs, the death of her stepfather, friendships gained and lost, and the books that carry her through it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’s the birds-and-bees talk that goes spectacularly wrong. The inflatable raft at sleepaway camp she cannot climb. Weight lost and found. A zillion mistakes. And the unglamorous work of becoming someone new when the old script no longer fits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead it straight through or one essay at a time—each takes just a few minutes. As Susan Orlean puts it, \u003ci\u003eBetween Chapters\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003e“as warm and engaging as morning coffee with a best friend.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor anyone navigating divorce, grief, an empty nest, reinvention—or simply wondering what comes next.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd for the friend who’s between chapters: \u003cb\u003ewhen you don’t know what to say, give her this.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAudiobook read by the author.","brand":"Zibby Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43876049682493,"sku":"9781968506902","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781968506902_p0.jpg?v=1792757193","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781968506902","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}