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A Better Next: A Novel

By: Maren Cooper
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary

Jess Lawson, a 45-year-old healthcare consultant, wife, and mother of two, has spent most of her adulthood fostering the illusion of having a perfect life. Her impending empty-nest syndrome as her youngest child prepares to start college is troubling enough, but when her doctor husband, Arthur, announces his intention to take a prestigious new job on the other side of the country - and relocate without Jess - her world quickly crumbles. 

Amid their acrimonious divorce, revelations about Arthur's infidelity come to light; and at work, instead of the revitalized career Jess is hoping for, she uncovers surprising financial corruption that threatens a scandal for her client - and the well-being of the many unsuspecting patients and physicians they serve. Ultimately, this superwoman is forced to acknowledge that her put-together veneer can't hold up under the weight of these new burdens. She also, however, refuses to wallow in victimhood. So what now?

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©2019 She Writes Press (P)2019 Lynn Abrahamsen/Maren Cooper

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Why did she write this?

Right to the end I was waiting for some plot to develop....really don't bother starting this