Between Men-O-Pause and Dead

“This book is inspiring and funny as hell.” Between Men-O-Pause and Dead is a comical memoir “ish” about being a woman an artist starting over sprinkled with hilarious dating stories. Albert Einstein once said “You never fail until you stop trying.”So she pushed herself out of her comfort zone put her fear aside and hit the ground running.. Joey a.k.a. the dolly mama is an established licensed artist/entrepreneur. She had it all: a beautiful house a fabulous studio and a dreamy fiancé. The problem was the Universe thought differently.. Deep down inside somewhere between her heart and her brain she knew the life she had chosen with this man was not one of her best ideas. It seemed her Queen of Denial was in denial. Since she had worked so hard to get where she was did she really want to let all that go? Of course not plus it was a lot easier to stay in a very unhealthy relationship than to look at herself knowing icky choices would have to be made. She liked her fictitious snow globe life. She knew if she shook it up everything wouldn’t settle neatly or even more frightening it would break into a million pieces all over the floor with no broom in sight. And that is exactly what happened.. In their garage he announced “We’re done” and then drove off to the gym.. Once the dust settled and she could breathe again the fear of the unknown came for a visit holding up a mirror asking her to take a really good look at herself. That did not go well so martinis came for a visit and she signed up for Match.com. One funny story after another kept her distracted until she ran out of distractions.. Eventually Joey knew she had to take responsibility for the choices she made in her past and face her fear of never feeling good enough. First she decided to take a second chance by re-birthing herself. Did she get stuck in the canal? Yes. Did she come out ass-backward? Yes. But the stories trials and tribulations were all worth it because she found herself.. If you are going through your own crisis if you are not feeling worthy if you are starting over if you feel there is no hope if you need a laugh and a lesson or two this book is worth a binge-read.