Announcing Our May Selection
Our heroines are in their 40s, and based on some very cool real-life women I happen to know.
This Month, the Ladies Have Had Enough
The votes are in and I am honored to announce our selected title for May 2025: Tired Ladies Take a Stand by me!
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Synopsis
You've heard of Year of Yes. Introducing... Year of No.
During one unforgettable year in their twenties, best friends Emma, Fern, Carolina, and Andi make a pact to embrace whatever life throws at them, inspiring Fern to write a memoir detailing their escapades and the magical power of saying Yes.
But fast forward twenty years and they have reached their bandwidth of responsibilities. Fern is a full-time writer struggling to pay the bills. Carolina is a fitness-obsessed workaholic. Andi is a disillusioned human rights lawyer. And Emma is a stressed-out divorcée in the thick of planning her daughter's wedding. To reconnect to the fun, fulfilled women they were before, they must learn how to stop saying Yes to everything asked of them. And so begins the "Year of No."
Heartfelt, emotionally perceptive and sharply funny, Tired Ladies Take a Stand celebrates the bonds of female friendship and women reclaiming their autonomy in a world that expects them to do it all.
Meet the Real Tired Ladies LIVE
Did you know this book is based on the life my friends and I lived during the late 90s in San Francisco? It’s true, and the very cool, very real women who inspired the Carolina and Andi characters have agreed to join our live discussion this month.
We’ll answer all your questions, such as…
Did you really play “Buy Me a Drink BINGO”?
What’s it like for your friend to put all the stupid stuff you did in a book and then travel around the country talking about it?”
Have you forgiven Gretchen yet? And if not, what will it take?
Join Andi, Carolina, and me Thursday, May 22 at 7 pm Central. I’ll send the video link to subscribed members a few days before the discussion.
Mark your calendars!
A Few Things Before You Go…
You have the chance to vote on future selections
Those of you who signed up as paying book club members will be able to vote on future book selections. Each month I will offer up 2 - 3 titles for your consideration, so keep an eye on your email for those notifications.
The member chat is now live
When I surveyed peoples’ interest in joining a book club like The Middle, the #1 feature members wanted was an active community chat. Great news is that Substack has a great chat function. I kicked us off by listing a few tidbits about me as a reader. Check it out and add a few tidbits of your own.
Invite a Friend to The Middle
Sharing is caring, the more the merrier, you get the gist.
See you on May 22nd!
Until then, I’ll catch you in the chat.
Tired Ladies Take a Stand is available everywhere, including these retailers: