Em's Awful Good Fortune

Part dysfunctional marriage, part global romp, this is not your typical expat story. Em's Awful Good Fortune...
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Author: Marcie Maxfield
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Em's Awful Good Fortune by Maxfield, Marcie

Em's Awful Good Fortune

$38.38

Em's Awful Good Fortune

$38.38
Author: Marcie Maxfield
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Part dysfunctional marriage, part global romp, this is not your typical expat story. Em's Awful Good Fortune is a deeply personal, marriage coming-apart-at-the-seams look at the struggle between a woman's desire for partnership and her need for identity. Fueled by twin demons, love and rage, Em stomps her way around the world coming to terms with the fantasy of having it all: husband, kids, and a career. Em is not just married; it's more like being handcuffed to her husband's international career. Her life reads like a fantasy, bouncing between Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Seoul. But-the good fortune is all her husband's: Em is just the tagalong wife.


Maxfield's compelling, non-linear story explores the expatriate lifestyle through the lens of a crumbling marriage, while at the same time tracing the lasting impact of sexual assault and PTSD. Em's journey exposes the dark corners of this seemingly privileged world: loneliness, depression, infidelity, and loss of career. An empowering, uncomfortably funny narrative about compromise that every woman should read. As Em begins to value her needs before those of her husband's career, she stops letting herself be dragged along for the ride-and ultimately emerges triumphant.



Author: Marcie Maxfield
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781647421427


Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Silver Medal Winner
Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Silver Medal Winner


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001

About the Author
Maxfield, Marcie: - Marcie Maxfield's voice is fierce, authentic, and personal. Her debut novel, Em's Awful Good Fortune, is based on her experiences living overseas as a tagalong wife. Her play Girls Together Always--a collection of coming-of-age stories about "growing up girl"--won the ENCORE! Producer's Award at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Maxfield lives in Los Angeles, where she is a teen mentor and teaches writing for a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering girls through creativity. She is married with two kids, a French bulldog, and two rescue cats named Hunky and Dory. They live in Los Angeles, CA.

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