{"product_id":"magical-midlife-madness","title":"Magical Midlife Madness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Happily Ever After\" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of 20 years packs up and heads for greener pastures, and my son heads away to college, that's exactly what my midlife becomes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA do-over. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at 40 I'm ready to carve my own path. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEager for a fresh start, I make a somewhat unorthodox decision and move to a tiny town in the Sierra foothills. I'll be taking care of a centuries-old house that called to me when I was a kid. It's just temporary, I tell myself. It'll just be for a little while. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is, until I learn what the house really is: something I never would've thought possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs my new life begins, a couple of things become immediately clear: Forty isn't too old for adventure. Not by half. It is too old to take crap from anyone, however, or care what people think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI had no idea how incredibly freeing that could be. Or how dangerous this new life would become. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have a chance to start again, and this time, I make the rules.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hazy Dawn Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49201442750707,"sku":"1955757232","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3644\/3489\/files\/8953963482884.jpg?v=1780586279","url":"https:\/\/swoon.city\/products\/magical-midlife-madness","provider":"Swoon City","version":"1.0","type":"link"}