Reinventing Rita
Reinventing Rita
A Midlife Moxie Novel #1
by Nancy Christie
Genre: Women's Fiction
Is fifty too old to start over and reinvent yourself?
Rita Reynolds is an empty nester with a second shot at life. Her college-age son is spending the summer with his new girlfriend instead of at home with Rita as she had hoped. Her part-time job might be ending, which will toss her back into the job market. Underscoring it all is the realization that since her divorce, she's been coasting on the highway of life. Now, the bumps in the road are too big to ignore.
A chance to teach a six-week baking class brings Rita's almost-forgotten dream of becoming a professional baker back to the surface. Can she overcome her fear that it might be too late for a fresh start? With the help of two friends—Donna, her employer, and Karen, her ex-husband's second wife—she's about to find out.
Nancy Christie has been making up stories since she learned how to write, and she plans to continue as long as her fingers can work the keyboard. She can often be found walking the streets of her neighborhood, reciting lines of dialogue or recording plot ideas on her cell phone before they escape her mind.
Reinventing Rita (the first in her Midlife Moxie novel series) is Nancy's sixth book. Her other books include The Gifts of Change, Rut-Busting Book for Writers, Rut-Busting Book for Authors, Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories and Peripheral Visions and Other Stories. Mistletoe Magic, her third fiction collection, will be released late 2023. Her books and short stories have won awards and earned contest placements.
Nancy is the creator and host of the Living the Writing Life podcast and founder of the annual "Celebrate Short Fiction" Day. She's a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Women's Fiction Writers Association, and the Florida Writers Association. You can follow her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Goodreads. For more about Nancy, visit her website at www.nancychristie.com.
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Sounds like a good book.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit a lot of Rita's experiences are similar to mine, at least regarding her motherhood ones. (And yes, I do have a box of my son's trophies in the storage room and yes, he told me to throw them out!)
ReplyDeleteGetting a warm homey vibe from this book, cool!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to write a novel that would make people identify with Rita's experiences and also think positively about midlife. Hope my readers feel I did it!
DeleteWe all like to reinvent ourselves at times.
ReplyDeleteReinvention is good. It stretches our minds and spirits. Of course, in Rita's case, that "stretching" made her more than a little uncomfortable but I think in the end she saw it was worth it!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for inviting me and Rita to your blog. Loved chatting with your followers!
ReplyDeleteI think this book sounds good to read and review on a few sites. peggy clayton
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! I would love it if you would consider reading and reviewing it! Having input from readers is so important.
DeleteIt is never too late to start over.
ReplyDeleteYou know that and I know that, but Rita had such a hard time believing it! It took the combined efforts of her son, his girlfriend and all of Rita’s friends to get her out of her rut!
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