{"product_id":"escape-velocity-how-one-70-year-old-push-pulled-her-way-out-of-her-too-much-not-enough-family-70-micro-memoirs-70-words-each-9781960378446","title":"Escape Velocity: How One 70-Year-Old Push-Pulled Her Way Out of Her Too-Much-Not-Enough Family (70 Micro-Memoirs, 70 Words Each)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A potent mix of intimacy, wit, and mounting angst over the inevitability of aging, offered in crisp, seventy-word capsules of remarkable honesty. Sosin portrays a fascinating, surprising life, ending on a perfect note of hope and resilience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Dinty W. Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor of \u003cem\u003eBrevity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEscape Velocity\u003c\/em\u003e, a genre-bending constellation of 70 micro-memoirs of 70 words each, Deborah Sosin unravels a story of family entanglement with her loving but overbearing parents. Too much intrusion. Not enough space. What one therapist later dubbed \"a mirage of intimacy.\" A feisty, perceptive girl, Sosin strains against her family's gravitational pull in search of a separate self. While navigating the confusing terrain of 1970s feminism, she endures a near-rape, enters a fraught romance with a gay man, and makes a momentous choice about an unexpected pregnancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Hall's striking illustrations add depth and humor to the scenes, which include transformative therapy sessions, an empowering alpine road trip, a clothing-optional retreat, and some miserable midlife dates. \u003cem\u003eEscape Velocity\u003c\/em\u003e also features Sosin's poignant, often hilarious, teen diary excerpts and provocative \"psychology interludes\" that weave in concepts she learned as a therapist. At 70, Sosin faces the loss of both parents and the challenges-and delights-of flying solo. \u003cem\u003eEscape Velocity\u003c\/em\u003e sheds light on what it means to claim our true selves without severing our close family bonds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eESCAPE VELOCITY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this collection of short moments chosen from a life of confusion, resentments, mistakes, epiphanies, friendship, loss, and laughter, Deborah Sosin traces the bumpy path to becoming who she is now: a woman complete in herself-imaginative, curious, full of life, and, perhaps best, someone she can rely on. Anna Hall's illustrations are marvelous, perfect. I loved this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Abigail Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e A Three Dog Life\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSafekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In spare, illustrated morsels infused with psychological insights, Deborah Sosin unfurls a moving, later-in-life coming-of-age story that will resonate with many-especially those who have struggled to untangle themselves from complicated family dynamics and limiting societal expectations.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Sari Botton\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e And You May Find Yourself...\u003c\/em\u003e and editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eOldster Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Combining the psychological insight of a therapist, the sensitivity of a poet, and the skill of an expert storyteller, Sosin has pulled off a dazzling magic trick, capturing seventy years' worth of transformation in seventy meaning-packed moments. Escape Velocity is a shimmering ode to the strength of the human spirit, and to the surprising ways our constraints can set us free.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Nicole Graev Lipson\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eMothers and Other Fictional Characters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Sosin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 227 Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960378446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSosin, Deborah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Deborah Sosin, LICSW, is a writer, editor, clinical social worker, and GrubStreet instructor. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine, Brevity Blog, Cognoscenti, Salon, The Manifest-Station, Oldster Magazine, Short Reads, two anthologies, and other publications. Her picture book, Charlotte and the Quiet Place, won the Gold INDIEFAB and Silver IPPY awards, among other honors. She is also the author of the Sober Starting Today Workbook. Debbie earned an MFA from Lesley University and an MSW from Smith College School for Social Work. She lives outside of Boston. More at www.deborahsosin.com.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHall, Anna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Anna Hall is a book designer and illustrator based in Seattle. Over the past eight years, she has worked with self-publishing authors, small businesses, and independent publishers across all genres. Anna is co-founder and illustrator of Short Reads, an online literary magazine publishing flash nonfiction, and was previously art director and designer at Creative Nonfiction magazine. 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