Dating Memoir

Abby knew her pattern all too well: get her heart broken, swear off dating, find a man "worth" breaking that vow for . . . Rinse. Repeat. However, after leaving a particularly traumatic relationship, Abby realized that something had to change if she wanted to kick the pattern. One night while purchasing a solo concert ticket, an epiphany was born: she needed a year in which she was her own dating interest. One full year to give herself the care and consideration that she once gave to romantic partners. A year to treat herself the way she wished a partner would.

Do you know that there are more people in their fifties and older who are trying to date? Are you overwhelmed, frustrated, and discouraged as you try to navigate the various dating ponds in your senior years? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this audiobook is for you because it’s about the author’s dating journey after the age of fifty-five. And please know that journey is different for all of us now than when we were starting out. Paraphrasing what Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz might say, “We’re not in high school anymore!”

Based on the most detailed survey of long married people ever conducted, 30 Lessons for Loving shows the way to lifelong, fulfilling relationships. The author, an internationally renowned gerontologist at Cornell University, offers sage advice from the oldest and wisest Americans on everything from finding a partner, to deciding to commit, to growing old together.

A memoir by award-winning actor Mena Suvari, best-known forher iconic roles in American Beauty, American Pie, and Six Feet Under. The Great Peace is a harrowing, heartbreaking coming-of-age story set in Hollywood, in which young teenage model-turned-actor Mena Suvari lost herself to sex, drugs...

On the heels of her New York Times bestselling book Drinking and Tweeting, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville takes readers on a wild ride through her dating life in this highly-entertaining relationship book. Drinking and Dating chronicles Glanville’s misadventures...

People ask me when I first knew I was female. Would you believe me if I told you that I don't know if I've ever known, since I don't really know what a woman is, other than a concept that exists outside me - still, I know that I have felt like one, a woman I mean, yet the only way I first knew was from males? Will you suspend prejudgment long enough to entertain the possibility that gender can be so relative?

In this "incendiary" memoir, a woman fights the criminal justice system to release her incarcerated sister after she kills her longtime abuser (Publishers Weekly). In September 2017, a knock on the door upends Michelle Horton’s life: she learns that her sister has just shot her partner and is...

After trying for years to emulate her boomer parents’ 40-year and still-going-strong marriage, Sophie realized that maybe the love she was looking for was down a road less traveled. In this bold, graphic memoir, she explores her sexuality, her values, and the versions of love our society accepts and practices.

From 13 years of online dating disasters to happily married: This brutally honest memoir will make you laugh, cringe, and help you finally find love. You've heard the horror stories. Romance scammers lurking behind fake profiles. Men who ghost after great dates. The guy whose photo was clearly taken fifteen years and forty pounds ago.

NPR Great Read of 2016 Author and Guardian US columnist Jessica Valenti has been leading the national conversation on gender and politics for over a decade. Now, in a darkly funny and bracing memoir, Valenti explores the toll that sexism takes from the every day to the existential. Sex Object...

Sex in the Seminary is based on author Ameila Strang’s own experience as a single seminarian. During her years of theological study, she made friends with students who refrained from dating while attending school.

In the late 1950s, when a shy, 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old, outgoing boy fall in love in a small Midwestern town, population 695, their happiness is short-lived when they discover she is pregnant. Forced by their very young ages and family expectations, they place their child up for adoption and separate—each living their lives apart for 53 years. But a corner of Dennis' heart still belonged to Karen. Despite the many passing years, he searches for and finds his lost love, and later, together they find their daughter. Love is not what you say; love is what you feel.

In Curated True Crime Volume #10: Dating to Death you’ll listen to true accounts of victims who unknowingly met and befriended partners with violent secrets, sick minds, and murderous impulses.

Casey Dancer is the true story of a thirty-nine-year-old part-time stripper, full-time real estate agent, and struggling writer navigating the chaos of love and ambition. Fresh from a tumultuous breakup and newly sober, Kristin finds herself struggling to re-enter the dating scene. When she falls for Lalo, a charming but troubled ex-coke dealer, their steamy affair leads to deep emotional conflict, testing her boundaries and stirring memories of past relationships.

Ann is 60 and suffering from celibacy. Going through two divorces has made her skittish; having two children has made her cautious. But finally her longing for sex and romance sends her hurtling out of her comfort zone. Her adventure begins with a very nice transvestite and gets more interesting from there.

For many years, Jeffrey Demitrack searched for a meaningful and fulfilling relationship and, most of all, hoped that one day he would find a significant other who understood and unconditionally accepted his struggles with epilepsy. People have their insecurities, and relationships already are hard without throwing seizures into the mix, so his search has been a challenging one.

Single life in New York City is something Shaunie thought was far behind her. That is, until her husband dropped a bomb, days after her birthday that left her with no choice but to end their union. Challenged by the reality of heartbreak, she breaks free from regret and never looks back. This charming, career-driven event planner would enter her 30s as a single, independent woman, ready to embrace her new beginning. Armed with wit, a sense of humor, and plenty of wine, she embarks on her bright future full of hope to find love again.

Dating While Mommying isn't just another how-to dating book, it's a lifeline for women navigating the uncharted waters of midlife romance while packing lunches, attending parent-teacher conferences, and helping adult children find apartments.

Dumb is not a word usually affiliated with Ivy Wright. Accomplished, successful and inspirational are usually more common. So focused on success in her career, Wright misses that her love life is actually only a sex life. Her relationships begin with passion and romance and change to drama and pain long before she makes her way out of them. As she creeps past her 30s she realizes she has a problem and seeks help from "The Husband Whisperer." Wright tracks her bad decision making back to emotional damage from her childhood and her first godforsaken exploration of sex.

Captured by Love shares the real love stories of 20 Vietnam War POWs. Some had wives who started a movement that changed American foreign policy. Others came home and had to start over, while five single men met the loves of their lives. Despite their unique differences, all these couples have been happily married 40 to 65 years. Former POW Lee Ellis and love expert Greg Godek take you on a dramatic journey of faithfulness, passion, excitement, resilience, and practical love lessons from these couples.