{"product_id":"braveish-a-memoir-of-a-recovering-perfectionist-paperback","title":"Brave(ish): A Memoir of a Recovering Perfectionist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Davis Ghielmetti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt forty, Margaret quits her sales job to follow her husband's hotel \u003cbr\u003ecareer to Paris. She's setting sail on this adventure with a glass half \u003cbr\u003efull of bravery, a well-traveled passport, a journal in which she plans \u003cbr\u003eto write her novel, and the mentally engrained \u003ci\u003eDavis Family Handbook of Rules to Live By\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone tells Margaret she's living the dream, but she feels adrift \u003cbr\u003ewithout a professional identity. Desperate to feel productive and \u003cbr\u003evalued, she abandons her writing and throws herself into new roles: \u003cbr\u003eperfect wife, hostess, guide, and expatriate. When she and her husband \u003cbr\u003emove to Cairo, however, the void inside she's been ignoring threatens to\u003cbr\u003e engulf her. It's clear that something needs to change, so she does the \u003cbr\u003eone thing she was raised never to do: asks for--and accepts--help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the next fifteen years abroad, the cultures of Egypt, Thailand, and\u003cbr\u003e Singapore confront Margaret with lessons she never would have learned \u003cbr\u003eat home. But it's only when they move back to Chicago--with Margaret now \u003cbr\u003estepping into the role of perfect caretaker to her parents--that she has \u003cbr\u003eto decide once and for all: will she dare to let go of the old rules and\u003cbr\u003e roles she thinks keep her safe in order to step into her own life and \u003cbr\u003ecreative destiny?\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335218041069,"sku":"9781631527470","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/ZHheZ0v8S-9781631527470.webp?v=1785032964","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/braveish-a-memoir-of-a-recovering-perfectionist-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}