{"product_id":"9781401310127","title":"The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Story of Surprising Second Chances","description":"\u003cp\u003eDear Amy,\u003cbr\u003eFirst 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.\u003cbr\u003eI told myself I'd never be divorced. And now here I am—exactly where I didn't want to be!\u003cbr\u003eMy daughter and I live in London. We don't really have any friends here. What should we do?\u003cbr\u003eDesperate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear Desperate,\u003cbr\u003eI have an idea.\u003cbr\u003eTake 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, DC. Start to date. Make friends. Fail up. Develop a career as a job doula. Teach nursery school and Sunday School.\u003cbr\u003eWatch 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.\u003cbr\u003eLove fiercely. Laugh with abandon. Grab your second chance—and your third, and your fourth.\u003cbr\u003eSend your daughter to college. Cry for five more weeks.\u003cbr\u003eMove back again to your dinky hometown and the women who helped raise you.\u003cbr\u003eFind love, finally.\u003cbr\u003eAnd take care.\u003cbr\u003eAmy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025245815024,"sku":"9781401310127","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781401310127_p0.jpg?v=1763715160","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781401310127","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}