{"product_id":"brave-ish-a-memoir-of-a-recovering-perfectionist","title":"Brave(ish): A Memoir of a Recovering Perfectionist","description":"At 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. \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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhielmetti, Margaret Davis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Margaret Davis Ghielmetti has lived on four continents and has visited fifty countries. She is a Live Lit Storyteller who has won two StorySLAMs with The Moth. She wrote and performed a solo show, \"Fierce,\" about refinding her creative expression, and is passionate about sharing the beauty of the world through her photos. She and her Swiss-born husband, Patrick, can be found in Chicago when they're not out exploring.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50370661351698,"sku":"9781631527470","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_90cc81ff-0df6-42c2-9353-ac561f475687.jpg?v=1728533492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brave-ish-a-memoir-of-a-recovering-perfectionist","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}