Good in a Crisis: A Memoir of Divorce, Dating, and Other Near-Death Experiences
Margaret Overton
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Description for Good in a Crisis: A Memoir of Divorce, Dating, and Other Near-Death Experiences
Paperback. A wincingly funny account of Divorce, Dating and other Near-Death Experiences Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; MJD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184. Some light shelf wear, else as new
'Hilarious ... This memoir of how grieving makes us behave like lunatics is wonderful on friendship and motherhood and brutally honest about the rest' Psychologies '[A] grimly hilarious journey ... brutally funny reading about midlife coming of age' Kirkus My story begins with a divorce. During the four years of physician Margaret Overton's acrimonious divorce, she dated widely and sometimes indiscriminately, determined to find her soulmate and live happily ever after. But then she discovered she had a brain aneurysm. She discovered it at a particularly awkward moment on a date with one ... Read more
'Hilarious ... This memoir of how grieving makes us behave like lunatics is wonderful on friendship and motherhood and brutally honest about the rest' Psychologies '[A] grimly hilarious journey ... brutally funny reading about midlife coming of age' Kirkus My story begins with a divorce. During the four years of physician Margaret Overton's acrimonious divorce, she dated widely and sometimes indiscriminately, determined to find her soulmate and live happily ever after. But then she discovered she had a brain aneurysm. She discovered it at a particularly awkward moment on a date with one ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408830550
SKU
KRA0011056
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Ref
99-1
About Margaret Overton
Margaret Overton is an anaesthetist with an MFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine and Creative Nonfiction. She lives in Chicago. Good in a Crisis is her first book.
Reviews for Good in a Crisis: A Memoir of Divorce, Dating, and Other Near-Death Experiences
Hilarious ... This memoir of how grieving makes us behave like lunatics is wonderful on friendship and motherhood and brutally honest about the rest
Psychologies
[A] smart and clear-eyed narrative of one woman's midlife divorce ... Overton managed to overcome her many trials as she imparts with humour and some high-handed poise
Publishers' Weekly
[A] grimly ... Read more
Psychologies
[A] smart and clear-eyed narrative of one woman's midlife divorce ... Overton managed to overcome her many trials as she imparts with humour and some high-handed poise
Publishers' Weekly
[A] grimly ... Read more