And Now, Back to Me: Stories from an Empty Nest
When her daughter heads off to college, Rita Lussier chose to turn her experiences into a memoir. The trials and celebrations of an empty nest, parenting parents, living relationships differently, and embarking on a “novel” career isn’t easy. But Rita decides that her suddenly big empty house tells her it’s time to approach life differently than she’d imagined.
This is a memoir that many will relate to.
When day-to-day parenting comes to a halt, what’s next? Celebrate? Travel? Sip lemonade on the veranda? Maybe. But not Rita. She takes this opportunity to create an encore career while juggling another new role—parenting her parents.
Like dominoes, once she returns from dropping her daughter off in New York, every element of her life unravels—and blooms. In this memoir, she shares the humor and heartache as she recounts the mentally rehearsed life passage that once seemed like a dream but, as she learns, is not for the faint of heart.
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