HOW I MADE A HUGE MESS OF MY LIFE IBD

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'Brave, boisterous, ballsy and justádownright fun to read.'áIn this uplifting memoir Billie Best tells the truth about her life. Things look perfect on the outside, but sheâÇÖs faking it. Inside sheâÇÖs a mess. After 32 years of marriage, sheâÇÖs a widow alone in her dream house keeping up appearances as she discovers the details of her husbandâÇÖs affair. Yet she protects his secret, even from her friends, because she feels like a failure. It takes years for her to embrace her mistakes, let go of her past, and reinvent herself, but with gutsy determination she does it. Women challenged by the need to adapt to a new life, downsize and start over, will be inspired by this story of strength and resilience.BestâÇÖs story about finding love both sensually and architecturally-along with disaster in both realms-is brave, boisterous, ballsy and justádownright fun to read. The voice is accessible but intelligent, candid butáheartfelt. Get copies for your favorite friends because if they borrow it,átheyâÇÖll never give it back! -Courtney Maum,áThe Year of the HorsesA force of pure energy and determination, there is nothingáBillie wonâÇÖt tackle: the perfect marriage, the mid-life career change fromásuccessfuláexecutive to idealistic farmer, and even, when her husband fallsáterminally ill, orchestrator of a flawless death-plan according to his wishes.áButáit takes her ten years of denial and suffering to confront and thenátriumphantly overcome the cracks in this ideal picture, the specter ofáinfidelityábeyond the grave, her obsessive need for tidiness and order, and heráattachment to ephemeral things. -Hester Velmans,áSlipperBillie Best knows her way around rock bands, corporate America,ásmall scale farming, and the most complicated business of all: matters of theáheart. With her powerful writing, sentences that can lasso, seduce, inspire, andábring tears to eyes, Ms. Best ventures where few dare with suchánaked honesty.á-Maria Nation,áThe Beach House