First published 2021
Annabelle Gurwitch confronts the reality of economic uncertainty and personal upheaval in midlife. The bestselling author finds herself sharing her home with a young couple facing housing insecurity and their pet rabbit. She adjusts to parenting her college-age child who has embraced a nonbinary identity, learning new pronouns and approaches. Gurwitch attempts dating while wearing lingerie that channels Miss Havisham and fails spectacularly at organizing her living space. These personal essays chronicle her efforts to maintain humor and connection during a period when financial stability has vanished and family dynamics have shifted. Gurwitch discovers resilience through unexpected living arrangements, evolving relationships, and small acts of human kindness that occur even through computer screens. The book captures the experience of people who believed they had achieved security only to find themselves starting over with limited resources and maximum uncertainty.
Genres: family-life, american, contemporary, adult, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, starting-over
224 pages · Hardcover · Counterpoint Press