{"product_id":"the-mighty-queens-of-freeville-a-mother-a-daughter-and-the-town-that-raised-them-9781401322854","title":"The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir from \"Ask Amy\" is a warm and moving true story of second chances in a tiny upstate New York town.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dear Amy, \u003cbr\u003e First my husband told me he didn't love me. Then he said he didn't think he had ever really loved me. Then he left me with a baby to raise by myself. Amy, I don't want to be a single mother. I told myself I'd never be divorced. And now here I am -- exactly where I didn't want to be! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e My daughter and I live in London. We don't really have any friends here. What should we do?\u003cbr\u003e Desperate \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dear Desperate, \u003cbr\u003e I have an idea.\u003cbr\u003e Take your baby, get on a plane, and move back to your dinky hometown in upstate New York -- the place you couldn't wait to leave when you were young. Live with your sister in the back bedroom of her tiny bungalow. Cry for five weeks. Nestle in with your quirky family of hometown women -- many of them single, like you. Drink lots of coffee and ask them what to do. Do your best to listen to their advice but don't necessarily follow it.\u003cbr\u003eStart to work in Washington, D.C. Start to date. Make friends. Fail up. Develop a career as a job doula. Teach nursery school and Sunday School. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Watch your daughter grow. When she's a teenager, just when you're both getting comfortable, uproot her and move to Chicago to take a job writing a nationally syndicated advice column.\u003cbr\u003eDo your best to replace a legend. Date some more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Love fiercely. Laugh with abandon. Grab your second chance -- and your third, and your fourth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Send your daughter to college. Cry for five more weeks.\u003cbr\u003eMove back again to your dinky hometown and the women who helped raise you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Find love, finally.\u003cbr\u003e And take care.\u003cbr\u003e Amy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Dickinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.56w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781401322854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2008 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2009 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2009 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e is a syndicated advice columnist. She replaced Ann Landers in 2003 and now pens the \"Ask Amy\" column, which appears in more than 100 newspapers nationwide, including the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44305787584627,"sku":"9781401322854","price":37.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e7bceb61-712c-4c87-8cf7-630743c07dc9.jpg?v=1770987204","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-mighty-queens-of-freeville-a-mother-a-daughter-and-the-town-that-raised-them-9781401322854","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}