"Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways." - Glennon Doyle Melton
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-#1 in commercial fiction - 4/'19
- #1 in indieauthor - 6/'19
What could a beautiful young artist/college student possibly have in common with a stressed out soccer mom or divorced, middle-aged cookbook author? Seemingly nothing, except for their secret meetings held every week, always at the same time and place.
Same Time, Same Place takes a laugh out loud contemporary look at three very different women, one scale, and a breakaway club for dieting misfits. But can they keep their vow not to become involved in one another's complicated world's outside of their weekly meet-ups? And what are they going to do about the men in their lives?
Voted onto Goodreads Listopia's "Best Debut Chick-Lit" in its previously published version as Keeper of the Scale, this new updated version follows unlikely friends -- thirty-something Janine and her diet buddies, middle-aged Margarite and college student Rebecca -- as they laugh, cry, and, in the end, learn more about each other and themselves than how to shed some pounds...
*A work of upmarket, contemporary fiction, this book is dedicated to celebrating unlikely friendships.
*To read a synopsis of the novel, which is set in the scenic San Francisco Bay Area (as depicted on its cover design/photo credit: Ian Schneider), check out my previous post: https://www.wattpad.com/story/184125948-new-book-coming-soon
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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