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The Boxer's Heart

Author : Kate Sekules
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1468301780
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book The Boxer's Heart written by Kate Sekules and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brave and ballsy . . . the internal chaos that prompts Sekules’ rage and desire to retaliate is a more original, fascinating place to visit than any gym.” —Salon.com The Boxer’s Heart is a brilliantly candid memoir of the world of women’s boxing, now updated and with a new afterword. Written in raw and vivid style, it tells the story of how a young everywoman moves to New York City to write and, through struggles and disappointments in her personal life, rises through the ranks at the famed Gleason’s Gym to box professionally. Sekules’s account unfolds with the pace and depth of a great novel, crammed with larger-than-life characters and piercing observations. Any woman who has grappled with anger and trust in her relationships, been nagged by insecurity at the gym, or wondered what it feels like to throw a punch will identify with this witty and honest account of “ the sweet science of bruising.” “It’s a knockout, folks . . . The Boxer’s Heart is a winner, on all cards.” —Newsweek “What is most captivating about Sekules’ love letter to boxing is how she reconciles the feminine proclivity for tenderness and nurturing with their simultaneous ability to knock one another out, to unleash fury in a controlled and respectful way.” —Oprah.com “Sekules . . . is appealingly self-aware . . . [and] gives us a sense of women’s boxing as a thriving movement.” —The New York Times Book Review “This is a story of self-discovery, about finding out what you love, and then doing it—with passion, with a boxer’s heart.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Valentine Beaumont Mystery Series: Books 1-3

Author : Arlene McFarlane
Publisher : ParadiseDeer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1999498127
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book The Valentine Beaumont Mystery Series: Books 1-3 written by Arlene McFarlane and published by ParadiseDeer Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Laugh-out-loud humor & top-notch mysteries! Absolute MUST-READS!”—Darynda Jones, New York Times/USA TodayBestselling Author of the Charley Davidson Series “Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!”—Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling Author Meet gutsy beautician, part-time sleuth, Valentine Beaumont. Quick thinker? Check. Risk-taker? Check. Catching killers with her beauty tools has never been so much fun! MURDER, CURLERS & CREAM Valentine Beaumont is a beautician with a problem. Not only has she got a meddling mother, a wacky staff, and a dying business, but now she’s got a dead client who was strangled while awaiting her facial. With business the way it is, combing through this mystery may be the only way to save her salon. Until a second murder, an explosion, a kidnapping, death threats, and the hard-nosed Detective Romero complicate things. But Valentine will do anything to untangle the crime. That’s if she can keep her tools of the trade in her bag, keep herself alive, and avoid falling for the tough detective. In the end, how hard can that be? MURDER, CURLERS & CANES Valentine Beaumont is back in her second hair-raising mystery, this time, trying to find out who had it in for an elderly nun. Only trouble is there are others standing in her way: hot but tough Detective Romero, sexy new stylist Jock de Marco, and some zany locals who all have a theory on the nun’s death. Making things worse: the dead nun’s secret that haunts Valentine, another murder, car chases, death threats, mysterious clues, an interfering mother, and a crazy staff. Between brushing off Jock’s advances and splitting hairs with handsome Detective Romero, Valentine struggles to comb through the crime, utilizing her tools of the trade in some outrageous situations. Question is, will she succeed? MURDER, CURLERS & CRUISES In her third fast-paced mystery, beautician Valentine Beaumont and her madcap crew sail the high seas on a Caribbean “Beauty Cruise.” When a bizarre murder takes place onboard, Valentine finds herself swept into the middle of the investigation. If things aren’t bad enough, her mother is playing matchmaker, a loved one is kidnapped, drug smuggling is afoot, a hair contest proves disastrous, and a strange alliance between tough Detective Romero and sexy stylist Jock de Marco rubs Valentine the wrong way. Will this impulsive beauty sleuth comb through the catastrophes and untangle the mystery, or will this voyage turn into another fatal Titanic? With Jock and Romero onboard, it’s destined to be a hot cruise!

Valentine's Fantasy

Author : Adrianne Byrd
Publisher : Kimani Press
ISBN 13 : 1460325451
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Valentine's Fantasy written by Adrianne Byrd and published by Kimani Press. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On this special day dedicated to romance, wonderful things can happen: secret desires may be spoken, roses can arrive with a card saying "I love you," or a dizzying kiss is exchanged for the first time. Now, two of your favorite Harlequin Kimani authors—with some help from cupid, of course—have sent their own Valentine's Day gift: a duet of thrilling stories filled with passion and desire… When Valentines Collide by Adrianne Byrd Dr. Chante Valentine and Dr. Matthew Valentine know all the right moves to nurture relationships—except when it comes to mending their own. Since divorce would jeopardize their respective careers, the love gurus reluctantly agree to a "sex-therapy" retreat. Will the love doctors gain a second chance at happiness? To Love Again by Janice Sims San Francisco caterer Alana Calloway is bitter and lonely after the death of her police officer husband. Then she receives flowers from a secret admirer. After a stunning revelation, will Alana be able to let go of the past and learn to love again…in Nicholas Setera's arms?

A Rope and a Prayer

Author : David Rohde
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101445394
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book A Rope and a Prayer written by David Rohde and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling and insightful account of a New York Times reporter's abduction by the Taliban, and his wife's struggle to free him. Invited to an interview by a Taliban commander, New York Times reporter David Rohde and two Afghan colleagues were kidnapped in November 2008 and spirited to the tribal areas of Pakistan. For the next seven months, they lived in an alternate reality, ruled by jihadists, in which paranoia, conspiracy theories, and shifting alliances abounded. Held in bustling towns, they found that Pakistan's powerful military turned a blind eye to a sprawling Taliban ministate that trained suicide bombers, plotted terrorist attacks, and helped shelter Osama bin Laden. In New York, David's wife of two months, Kristen Mulvihill, his family, and The New York Times struggled to navigate the labyrinth of issues that confront the relatives of hostages. Their methodical, Western approach made little impact on the complex mix of cruelty, irrationality, and criminality that characterizes the militant Islam espoused by David's captors. In the end, a stolen piece of rope and a prayer ended the captivity. The experience tested and strengthened Mulvihill and Rohde's relationship and exposed the failures of American effort in the region. The tale of those seven months is at once a love story and a reflection of the great cultural divide-and challenge-of our time.

The General & His Daughter

Author : Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823226891
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book The General & His Daughter written by Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating personal correspondence from a commanding general of the eighty-second Airborne Division to his young daughter during World War II. James Maurice Gavin left for war in April 1943 as a colonel commanding the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the eighty-second Airborne Division—America’s first airborne division and the first to fight in World War II. In 1944, at age thirty-seven, “Slim Jim” Gavin, as he was known to his troops, became the eighty-second’s commanding general—the youngest Army officer to become a major general since the Civil War. At war’s end, this soldier’s soldier had become one of our greatest generals—and the eighty-second’s most decorated officer. In this book, James Gavin’s letters home to his nine-year-old daughter, Barbara, provide a revealing portrait of the American experience in World War II through the eyes of one of its most dynamic officers. Written from ship decks, foxholes, and field tents—often just before or after a dangerous jump—they capture the day-to-day realities of combat and Gavin’s personal reactions to the war he helped to win. With more than 200 letters spanning from Fort Bragg in 1943 to New York’s victory parade, this collection provides an invaluable self-portrait of a great general, and a great American, in war and peace. Includes a prologue and epilogue by Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy; a foreword by Rufus Broadaway; commentary and notes by Starlyn Jorgensen; and an introduction by Gerard M. Devlin.

I Swear I'll Make It Up to You

Author : Mishka Shubaly
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 161039559X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book I Swear I'll Make It Up to You written by Mishka Shubaly and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An odyssey of family, heartbreak, violence, punk rock, brokenness, broke-ness, sex, love, loss, drinking, drinking, drinking, and an unlikely savior: distance running. A misfit kid at the best of times, Mishka Shubaly had his world shattered when, in a twenty-four-hour span in 1992, he survived a mass shooting on his school's campus, then learned that his parents were getting divorced. His father, a prominent rocket scientist, abandoned the family and their home was lost to foreclosure. Shubaly swore to avenge the wrongs against his mother, but instead plunged into a magnificently toxic love affair with alcohol. Almost two decades later, Shubaly's life changed again when a fateful five-mile run after a bar fight inspired him to clean up his life. And when he finally reconnected with his estranged father, he discovered the story of his childhood was radically different from what he thought he knew. In this fiercely honest, emotional, and self-laceratingly witty book, Shubaly relives his mistakes, misfortunes, and infrequent good decisions: the disastrous events that fractured his life; his incendiary romances; his hot-and-cold career as a rock musician; meeting his newborn nephew while out of his gourd on cough syrup. I Swear I'll Make It Up to You is an apology for choices Shubaly never thought he'd live long enough to regret, a journey so far down the low road that it took him years of running to claw his way back.

The Saturday Evening Post

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2428 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saturday Evening Post written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 2428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Priest

Author : Marcia Davey
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453549498
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Priest written by Marcia Davey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-05 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about a young Roman Catholic priest who has been transferred out of his familiar New York routine to Stellarton, the town where he was born, where his sister Patty and his brother Tim still live. Coming back to his childhood parish, to the Stella Maris church, should have been a joyous homecoming. For more than a century, this beloved stone structure has guarded the entrance to the harbor, a beacon as familiar as the lighthouse to the fishermen of the North Atlantic, and Father Jim Cameron will take its stewardship seriously. He will see fewer familiar faces attending his Masses at Stella Maris, and his liturgy will echo amid empty pews. He will be challenged by Lieutenant Mark Campbell, a Vietnam veteran, at the Rehabilitation Hospital where his high school crush, Peggy, is now a nurse. But he has moved beyond all that, hasnt he?

The Cowboy and His Valentine

Author : Kaci M. Rose
Publisher : 5 Little Roses Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cowboy and His Valentine written by Kaci M. Rose and published by 5 Little Roses Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this Steamy Cowboy Romance Book from Small Town Romance author Kaci M. Rose... Love is in the air, and Cupid’s arrows are flying in Rock Springs, Texas! He kissed me on New Years' and turned my world upside down in more ways than one. Then he wants to keep me at arm's length saying he has to put together the Sweethearts Dance and doesn’t have time. But he won’t let any other man near me either. I’m getting whiplash from his moods. It’s time to put my foot down once and for all. Only that completely backfired on me. He plans to be my Valentine this year. No. Matter. What. The Cowboy and His Valentine is a novel in the Cowboys Rock Springs, Texas series, and all books in the Rock Springs world are interconnected standalones. A HOT cowboy Valentine's Day romance with a guaranteed happily ever after and an Alpha hero, it does have some strong language and oh my, sexy times.

Trans

Author : Juliet Jacques
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784781657
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Trans written by Juliet Jacques and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Powerful and engaging.” —New York Times “Brutally honest and funny.” —Marie Claire “A lyrical exploration of [Jacques’s] gender journey.” —Guardian “A marvelously nuanced” transgender memoir, “brilliantly contextualized in the disparate worlds of pop culture, football, mass media, and the NHS” (Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger). In July 2012, aged 30, Juliet Jacques underwent sex reassignment surgery—a process she chronicled with unflinching honesty in a serialized national newspaper column. Trans tells of her life to the present moment: a story of growing up, of defining yourself, and of the rapidly changing world of gender politics. Fresh from university, eager to escape a dead-end job, she launches a career as a writer in a publishing culture dominated by London cliques and still figuring out the impact of the Internet. She navigates the treacherous waters of a world where, even in the liberal and feminist media, transgender identities go unacknowledged, misunderstood or worse. Yet through art, film, music, politics and football, Jacques starts to become the person she had only imagined, and begins the process of transition. Interweaving the personal with the political, her memoir is a powerful exploration of debates that comprise trans politics, issues which promise to redefine our understanding of what it means to be alive. Revealing, honest, humorous, and self-deprecating, Trans includes an epilogue with Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?, in which Jacques and Heti discuss the cruxes of writing and identity.

The Deadly Neighbors

Author : Merry Jones
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312356217
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (562 download)

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Download or read book The Deadly Neighbors written by Merry Jones and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A taut, fast-paced suspense novel in the tradition of Mary Higgins Clark, The Deadly Neighbors again features the tension-packed storytelling of the talented Merry Jones. In this third novel featuring art therapist Zoe Hayes, the neighbors are shocked when a woman’s body is discovered in the kitchen of Zoe’s estranged father, Walter. In fact, they suspect Walter of killing her. But as Zoe investigates further, it seems that the neighbors are up to some pretty shocking shenanigans themselves. As Zoe tries to prove her father’s innocence, she encounters a cruel ring of organized criminals who specialize in dark and deadly forms of entertainment. Trying to escape their grasp, Zoe---with her daughter, Molly, in tow---must solve a series of grisly murders, but in the process, stumbles into secrets that force her to reconnect with a lost and very frightening part of her own past.

My Wight Little Isle

Author : Peter Broadbent
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1909183490
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book My Wight Little Isle written by Peter Broadbent and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 2008 and Jeremy Stubbles (or 'Stubbsy' as he's better known) is due to turn 30. Born and bred in Cowes, Isle of Wight, he lives a bachelor existence in his Art Deco flat overlooking the Solent. He is the proud owner of a floor-shaking Wurlitzer Bubbler jukebox, a retro king-sized water-bed, last season's Musto jacket and a Ford Scorpio that is lovingly valeted as soon as the suggestion of a speck of dust mars its finish. Despite these enviable assets, he never seems to quite succeed in enticing eligible young women back to his flat to admire the view from the bedroom. Maybe it's the eccentric behaviour of Nobby and Bobby, his African grey parrots? Or Angela, his cleaner, who feels that having a tidy fridge would do wonders for Stubbsy's love-life? But Stubbsy's life is about to change when the delectable Judith Onions arrives on the scene... In this comic novel, Peter Broadbent perfectly captures the spirit of life on the Island - from the realities of the Isle of Wight Festival, Cowes Week and the Brambles Bank cricket match, to the fantasies of the arm-wrestling championship, the 'Thong in Cheek' underwear boutique, and skinny-dipping in the Medina.

The Corruption of Local 2621

Author : Bill S. Albert
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465371990
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Corruption of Local 2621 written by Bill S. Albert and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about an ambitious Shop Steward in a New Jersey union. He discovers corruption on his path to seeking the position of a business agent, giving us this tale of dreams and politics, mixed with comic relief in a whirlwind of suspects, motives, and an unpredictable outcome. The story takes place in 1998, when the Internet and cell phones were just gaining in popularity. While inspired by actual events, this book is a work of fiction. Many occurrences written in this book were extracted from a personal diary.

My Big Fake Wedding

Author : Jessica Hatch
Publisher : Bookouture
ISBN 13 : 1803146524
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book My Big Fake Wedding written by Jessica Hatch and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2024-08-07 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hilarious… I devoured it in one reading and was completely absorbed throughout!!... Has you laughing until you are in tears… Absolutely LOVED” Bookworm86 The date is set. The guy is definitely not. When I entered a lottery to win a free wedding, I had no idea that I was about to be cheated on, and unceremoniously dumped, by my ex-boyfriend. So when I win, there’s just one teeny tiny problem… I have no one to walk down the aisle with. All I need to do now is find a husband. Simple, right? My closest friend Oliver, an old-fashioned romantic, thinks I’m crazy. He snorts when I show him my colour-coded binder, packed with step-by-step instructions for my Husband Hunt. And when he reads my to-do list, he laughs so much his green eyes fill with tears. Step 1: Figure out what men want Step 2: Research the best bars for romantic first dates Step 3: FIND A HUSBAND Despite following my list to the letter, something happens that the binder could never have predicted. After months of fantasising about this exact moment, I have a tequila-fuelled kiss with my long-term office crush Andrew. But just when I think I’ve found my soon-to-be husband, my ex-boyfriend declares his undying love for me, and Oliver stops returning my calls when I need him the most… With my wedding day getting ever closer, I’m starting to realise that the only thing more complicated than finding a husband on a deadline, is finding the right one. This absolutely hilarious and totally feel-good romance is perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis, Christina Lauren’s The Unhoneymooners, and Emily Henry’s Beach Read. Praise for My Big Fake Wedding: “I absolutely ADORED this… I devoured it in less than a day and simply did not want to put it down!” reads.withgab ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Absolutely loved… brilliant… made me laugh all throughout… the perfect book for a romance lover who will read from start to finish in one sitting.” @hannahsbooksx ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Hilarious… I devoured it in one reading and was completely absorbed throughout!!... I found myself laughing one moment while feeling quite emotional the next… Has you laughing until you are in tears… Absolutely LOVED.” Bookworm86 “Hilarious… the perfect romance book to curl up with. I was hooked from start to finish.” Goodreads reviewer “An extremely funny laugh out loud read… will have you smiling ear to ear.” Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

All I Ever Needed: A Valentine's Novella

Author : Stacy Kristen
Publisher : Stacy Kristen
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book All I Ever Needed: A Valentine's Novella written by Stacy Kristen and published by Stacy Kristen. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abbie I’ve lived in Foxtail Ridge my entire life and I love everything about it. Okay, almost everything. The one thing I don’t love? The dating scene—it’s almost non-existent. But I’m not worried, because I’m not looking for love. Between helping my sister Kelsie with her bed & breakfast and playing Cupid, I’ve got my hands full. But little do I know, fate has a little something in store for me. And it comes when I least expect it.

Taking a Shot at Love

Author : Jeff Adams
Publisher : Big Gay Meida
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking a Shot at Love written by Jeff Adams and published by Big Gay Meida. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best friends. Rival teams. Unexpected romance for the holidays. When pro-hockey players Miles Robinson and Cole Ackerman hit the ice, their competition is fierce—but away from the rink, their friendship runs deeper than any rivalry. This holiday season, a canceled flight leaves Cole stranded with Miles during Christmas and Hanukkah, reigniting old feelings that both have kept buried for years. As laughter, memories, and the magic of the holidays bring them closer than ever, a Christmas Eve kiss changes everything. Can two best friends risk their hearts and take a shot at the love they’ve always wanted? This heartwarming Hockey Hearts holiday novella is packed competitive banter, sweet family moments, Lego gifts, baked goodies, and a sweet HEA.

Okay Fine Whatever

Author : Courtenay Hameister
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316395692
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Okay Fine Whatever written by Courtenay Hameister and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "hilarious and poignant" story of one chronically anxious woman's quest to become braver by seeking out the kinds of experiences she's spent her life avoiding (Cheryl Strayed). For most of her life (and even during her years as the host of a popular radio show), Courtenay Hameister lived in a state of near-constant dread and anxiety. She fretted about everything. Her age. Her size. Her romantic prospects. How likely it was that she would get hit by a bus on the way home. Until a couple years ago, when, in her mid-forties, she decided to fight back against her debilitating anxieties by spending a year doing little things that scared her -- things that the average person might consider doing for a half second before deciding: "nope." Things like: attending a fellatio class. She did that. She also spent an afternoon in a sensory deprivation tank, got (legally) high in the middle of a workday, had a session with a professional cuddler, braved twenty-eight first dates, and (perhaps scariest of all) actually met someone who might possibly appreciate her for who she is. Refreshing, relatable, and pee-your-pants funny, Okay Fine Whatever is Courtenay's hold-nothing-back account of her adventures on the front lines of Mere Human Woman vs. Fear, reminding us that even the tiniest amount of bravery is still bravery, and that no matter who you are, it's possible to fight complacency and become bold, or at least bold-ish, a little at a time.