Description
"I loved, loved this book. The world needs more of these kinds of books. It's funny and fast-paced; it's great!" Theresa Alan, New York Times best-selling author of "Who You Know.""Laugh-out-loud funny, startlingly poignantly, and eminently relatable. I loved every minute of LIFE AFTER COFFEE." Kate Hewitt, USA Today best-selling author of the Hartley-by-the Sea series."Only a truly talented writer can make you laugh out loud at disasters waiting to happen.xa0 Virginia Franken is that writer. Her light touch and her warm and engaging voice make Amy's story a joy to read. LIFE AFTER COFFEE is witty and heartwarming all at once and as addictive as the bean itself." Hope McIntyre, author of "How to Seduce a Ghost.""Hilarious, original and poignant. Virginia Franken's debut is a perfect blend." Barbara Bos, managing editor, Women Writers, Women's Books. “ Life After Coffee is a highly entertaining exploration of life as a working mother. I couldn't put this book down! I recommend this satisfying read to anyone looking to dive into a good story.” ―Mary Holland, actor, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates “I loved, loved this book. The world needs more of these kinds of books. It’s funny and fast-paced; it’s great!” ―Theresa Alan, New York Times bestselling author of Who You Know “Laugh-out-loud funny, startlingly poignantly, and eminently relatable. I loved every minute of Life After Coffee .” ―Kate Hewitt, USA Today bestselling author of the Hartley-by-the Sea series “Only a truly talented writer can make you laugh out loud at disasters waiting to happen. Virginia Franken is that writer. Her light touch and her warm and engaging voice make Amy’s story a joy to read. Life After Coffee is witty and heartwarming all at once and as addictive as the bean itself.” ―Hope McIntyre, author of How to Seduce a Ghost “Hilarious, original, and poignant. Virginia Franken’s debut is a perfect blend.” ―Barbara Bos, managing editor, Women Writers, Women’s Books Virginia Franken was born and raised in the United Kingdom. She graduated from the University of Roehampton, in London, with a degree in dance and worked on cruise liners as a professional dancer before changing tracks to pursue a career in publishing. Franken currently lives in suburban Los Angeles with two kids, a dog, an overweight goldfish, and one bearded dude, in a house that’s just a little too small to fit everyone in comfortably. She gets most of her writing done when she should be sleeping. This is her first novel.
Features & Highlights
- When globe-trotting coffee buyer Amy O’Hara, assures her husband―who stays at home to watch the kids―that it is He Who Has it Harder…she doesn’t really believe it. That is, until the day she gets laid off, her husband locks himself in the garage to write the Great American Screenplay, and she discovers she’s actually the world’s most incompetent mother.
- Overnight, Amy’s world is no longer one of farmer negations and upscale coffee tastings. Instead she’s spending her days attempting to discover where exactly she went wrong with her two resentful children and trying to carve out a place within her local community of put-together neighborhood moms. However, as their family dynamic begins to change in both fun and frustrating ways, she’s starting to ask herself the big questions: Can her marriage survive this kind of role reversal? How do you clean puke out from in between the seams of a car seat? And what does she really amount to when the job she thought defined her is removed from the equation?
- One thing is certain: whatever happens, she’s going to need a lot more caffeine.
