{"product_id":"every-other-wednesday-paperback","title":"Every Other Wednesday - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree women, each facing an empty nest, come together to cheer and challenge one another in this insightful, poignant new novel from acclaimed author Susan Kietzman.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years, Ellie, Alice, and Joan enjoyed a casual friendship while volunteering at their children's Connecticut high school. Now, with those children grown and gone to college, a local tragedy brings the three into contact again. But what begins as a catch-up lunch soon moves beyond small talk to the struggles of this next stage of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoan Howard has spent thirty years of marriage doing what's expected of Howard women: shopping, dressing well, and keeping a beautiful home. Unfulfilled, her boredom and emptiness eventually find a secret outlet at the local casino. Meanwhile, Ellie's efforts to expand her accounting business lead to a new friendship that clashes with her family's traditional worldview. And Alice, feeling increasingly distant from her husband, and alienated from her once fit body, takes up running again. But a terrifying ordeal shatters her confidence and spurs a decision that will affect all three women in different ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of an eventful year, Ellie, Alice, and Joan will meet every other Wednesday to talk, plan--and find the freedom, and the courage, to redefine themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the novels of Susan Kietzman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written and closely observed...captures the deep and complicated love of family. Reading this lovely novel, I felt the embrace of summer on the shoreline.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Luanne Rice on\u003cem\u003e The Summer Cottage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will find themselves drawn into the tragedies and triumphs of this fictional family--distinct and yet utterly relatable.\" --\u003cem\u003eHartford Books Examiner \u003c\/em\u003eon\u003cem\u003e The Good Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51373858357471,"sku":"9781617735516","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Y4u-3hAzbS9781617735516.webp?v=1789164479","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/every-other-wednesday-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}