Run for Your Life, Callie Kingman

A blindsided soon-to-be divorcée rediscovers herself in this witty, celebratory novel about a hard-fought comeback by the authors of The Better Half.

Two decades have passed since Callie Kingman begrudgingly followed her husband, Thomas, across the country in pursuit of his career at the expense of her own. Today, Callie is an empty nester with no job prospects, a declining mother, and a spouse who announces his intention to leave her--in Sacramento, the dullest city in America. His parting potshot: "It's not me, it's you."

Taking to bed, Callie relies on delivery for food, her neighbor for booze, and her college best friend for commiseration. When an overdue annual exam leads to a health scare, Callie is forced to contend with her fractured and unfulfilled life by revisiting the vibrant, indomitable woman she used to be.

From her idyllic years at Princeton and an extraordinary first love to the pressures all women face to strive, serve, and be sexy as hell, once again she's face-to-face with it all. Callie is running for her life, determined to forge a path ahead that is better than the one she's leaving behind.

Alli Frank is the coauthor of Tiny Imperfections, Never Meant to Meet You, The Better Half, and Boss Lady, as well as an essayist in Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology and the USA Today bestseller On Being Jewish Now. She has worked in public and private schools for over twenty years. A graduate of Cornell and Stanford University, Alli lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, with her husband and two daughters.

Asha Youmans is the coauthor of Tiny Imperfections, Never Meant to Meet You, The Better Half, and Boss Lady. The daughter of an educational pioneer and children's hospital administrator, after graduating UC Berkeley, Asha spent the next twenty years teaching elementary school. Asha continues to work in schools in Seattle, Washington, believing children keep her youthful, as do her husband and two sons.

For more information, visit the authors at www.alliandasha.com.