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My Year of Really Bad Dates: A Memoir

My Year of Really Bad Dates: A Memoir


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After two life-shaking events-losing her father and divorcing the man she's spent half her life with, who happens to be an actor from a famous family-Rachel Lithgow leaves a thirty-year career to write full time and pursue a relationship with a calming, delightful man she recently met online. She thinks she has it all figured out... until he announces he's joining a cult and moving to Phoenix with a blonde real estate agent. Through a year of terrible dates, peppered with a few great experiences and a lot of pinot noir, the author learns that patterns can be changed, that asking for help is sometimes necessary, and that there's only one way to repair her brokenness: by facing her trauma and demons head-on. With a unique mix of humour, self-deprecation, and gritty vulnerability, this dark yet hopeful memoir tackles divorce, dating, single motherhood, PTSD, grief, loss, and starting over in midlife. From emotional rock bottom to a peaceful acceptance of the woman she truly is, Lithgow finds the humour in the blackness, redemption in the pathos, and fulfilment in the idea that 'happily ever after' isn't always a storybook ending-and doesn't need to be.

About the Author :
Rachel J. Lithgow is a historian and museum professional with thirty years of experience running large cultural institutions. Her work and writing have appeared in dozens of publications around the world, including The New York Times, The Daily News, Time, The Advocate, The Jerusalem Post, The Huffington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Times of Israel, eJP, The New York Observer, and the Buffalo News. Rachel has two children and splits her time between Long Beach, Long Island, and Hell's Kitchen in New York City.

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"Lithgow delivers a raw, bitingly funny, and heart-bruised memoir chronicling a year of romantic disasters in the aftermath of a 22-year marriage and a devastating breakup."--BookLife

"Lithgow has an eye for description, painting vivid portraits of each date that will keep readers engrossed as they eagerly read on for what the next date has in store. Give this to your friend who loved HBO's And Just Like That."--Booklist

"This book is an absolute delight. Rachel Lithgow is a master storyteller, and what a gift it is getting to be by her side as she navigates a midlife divorce and the ensuing attempt to find love and connection again . . ."--Catherine Burns, former Artistic Director of The Moth "From the opening sentence, I knew Rachel Lithgow is a hilarious new voice in women's fiction. This book is part memoir, part life lessons, and part How-NOT-To instruction manual on love & dating. The stories of sex, heartache, love, betrayal, and ultimately hope will keep you laughing and crying, then laughing again. This is a MUST read!" --Randi Mayem Singer, screenwriter of Mrs. Doubtfire


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798896360100
  • Publisher: She Writes Press
  • Publisher Imprint: She Writes Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Sub Title: A Memoir
  • ISBN-10: 8896360102
  • Publisher Date: 11 Nov 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 140 mm


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