Waxing Pathetic

This book has five parts:

Part 1: Been Down This Road
This is the section where I dredge up the most mortifying scenes from my youth and then attempt to connect the personal to the professional to the political, as in why is this happening to me? Oh yeah, I’m a liberal. Again, it was those commie parents of mine, so concerned about social and environmental justice. Ugh.

Part 2: This is How I Do It.
This part blithely addresses the unbearable lightness of the undoing of mid-life. Some of it reads like a comedy routine, because that is what mid-life is.

Part 3: Pushing the Envelope
This is the part where I accost the reader with further meandering, horrifying anecdotes of loss and heartbreak, albeit embedded in an undertone of this is not my life. New word: Meanderthal: Meandering Through it All. There are some tales of cancer in here but feel free to skip over those parts if
A. You are sure cancer will never happen to you.
B. You don’t wish to be reminded of this mortal threat.
C. You believe that no self-respecting author should punish a reader in this manner.

Part 4: This is Real…and Surreal
You will just have to read this part with the understanding that the author is now dog-paddling through her underdeveloped political intellect, confronting her eroding self-image, and grieving the loss of the idea that was America. Might just be treading water at this point.

Part 5: Bouncing Back Again
Jumpstarting a life after multiple near deaths. Is it possible? This is about resilience. And of course, still sexism with a side of ageism.