{"product_id":"9780984097654","title":"Haboob: A novel of a girl's life in year 2012","description":"Anne is a child of the Sixties. She met her husband when she was 25 living in the East Village of NYC and he had just hitchhiked from California. He was 21. \u003cp\u003eA few months later he moved in with her and they were together ever since, until he suddenly out of nowhere and for no reason went to Heaven in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Anne had become New Age in Tucson. She actually does believe we are all eternal beings. And for Bill it is just a change of address.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo she held on to her happiness. It still means starting a brand new life as a bachelorette when it was the last thing she expected to happen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe loved her husband and was a contented wife but this new life is thrilling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaboob is the tale of Anne's life during first 6 months of 2012. It is her second year of being on her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer husband's friend is teaching her how to drive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderful friendship blossoms. There is no attraction, he goes for hot blonds. Anne's type is sensitive but misunderstood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut they have so much fun together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Anne says, \"It is a lot of fun to be friends with a boy who is just a friend and not a boyfriend. Because of the freedom. It's fun to feel so free. And so relaxed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lot of the book is fun and funny, but there are some deep parts too. Anne's chapter, \"My Mother and Me\" is very revealing about a mother daughter relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne shares both her inner and outer experiences. And a reader may enjoy her conversations with her Higher Self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer husband's cartoons are fun, funny, interesting. They are lively and somewhat sexy. The cover painting is by him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA haboob (Arabic for strong wind) is a type of intense dust storm. They take place in Africa and one arrived in Tucson March 2012 in the middle of Anne's novel. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haiku Helen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49796016767216,"sku":"9780984097654","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984097654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}