FROM MOM TO ME AGAIN: HOW I SURVIVED MY FIRST EMPTY-NEST YEAR AND REINVENTED THE REST OF MY LIFE

Book ID/图书代码： 12311016B91873

English Summary/英文概要： Live your best life―even after your kids leave home

When her children left for college, Melissa Shultz was certain that she had prepared them well for their new lives-but her own life was a different matter entirely. Her house was empty, her purpose unclear. If her life was no longer dominated by the day-to-day demands of being "Mom," then who exactly was she? And how would she ever move forward?

From Mom to Me Again is the story of one woman’s reinvention. Shultz’s struggle with the empty nest and the transformation of her marriage, friendships, career, and ultimately herself, is part memoir and part self-help guide. Funny, poignant, and practical, this book tells Shultz’s personal story and provides valuable advice for readers preparing to send their children off into the world. She shows women that while they’ll always be mothers, it’s time for them to take center stage in their own lives once again

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 即使子女都离你而去，也要活出最好的状态。

Melissa Shultz自信满满地送孩子们上大学后，她发现自己的房子空了，目标也不明确了。如果她的生活中心不再是“母亲”这个角色，那么她到底是谁呢？她又该如何继续生活下去呢？

本书讲述了一位母亲找回自我的动人故事。作者和空巢状态的斗争，其婚姻、友情、职业和自我的重新调整即是一段生动的回忆录，又是一部心理自助指南。本书幽默、坦率、实用，讲述了作者自己的经历，同时为读者提供了许多宝贵的建议，帮助他们做好将独立的孩子送出家门的准备。她告诉读者，虽然女性永远都将扮演母亲的角色，但在孩子成人之后，是时候重新回到舞台中央，把握自己的人生。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“这是写给广大母亲的一封幽默、坦诚、动人的情书，包含了我们为孩子和自己的未来做好准备所需要的一切。我非常喜欢这本书！”——Jill Smokler，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，顶尖育儿网站scarymommy.com创始人

“当时孩子离开了，狗狗死了，而我从未对此做过任何准备。真希望我当时就读到了这本书。”——Carol Fishman Cohen， iRelaunch首席执行官，作家

“千万不要等孩子都离开家之后才开始为自己的余生做准备。作者通过这部温暖、智慧的书告诉我们为什么以及我们应该如何做。”—— Lisa Belkin，Life’s Work专栏作家，《纽约时报》Motherlode博客作家，著有《Show Me a Hero》

"A funny, honest, and moving love letter to mothers with everything we need to know to prepare not just for our children’s futures, but our own. I love this book!" - Jill Smokler, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy and founder of top parenting website scarymommy.com

"If even just the words "empty nest" make you feel like crying your mama-bird eyes out, take heart. From Mom to Me Again is here to smooth your poor, feathered forehead, to say, "I know," soothingly, and to offer practical advice for turning your own bereftness into a rich, full life." - Catherine Newman, author of Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy

"The kids left, the dog died, and I hadn’t spent a moment preparing myself. From Mom to Me Again is the guide I wish I’d had." - Carol Fishman Cohen, CEO of iRelaunch and co-author of Back on the Career Track

"Don’t make the mistake of waiting for the kids to leave home to prepare for the rest of your life. Melissa Shultz tells us why, and how, with warmth, wit, and wisdom." - Lisa Belkin, creator of the Life’s Work column and the Motherlode blog in the New York Times, and author of Show Me a Hero

"’I was so busy taking care of the kids that I forgot to take care of myself,’ says every mother on the planet. Ms. Shultz (gently )shows us why this is colossally misguided logic, and hands us the indispensable tools we need to become non-neurotic parents of adult kids." - David and Veronica James, authors of Going Gypsy: One Couple’s Adventure from Empty Nest to No Nest at All

In this wise and encouraging guide for mothers of adult children, this guidebook will help mothers navigate this “wonderful and horrible” time with acceptance and aplomb.

About the Author/作者介绍： Melissa T. Shultz，Jim Donovan Literary的策划编辑。为《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《新闻周刊》《读者文摘》等众多出版物及博客张傲。她有两个儿子，与丈夫和狗狗住在达拉斯。

个人网站：http://www.sisterhoodofmothers.com/
推特：https://twitter.com/melissatshultz
脸书：https://www.instagram.com/melts4/

Melissa T. Shultz is the acquisitions editor for Jim Donovan Literary. She’s written about health and parenting for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, Readers’ Digest, The Huffington Post, Next Avenue, Scary Mommy, Babble, and many other publications and blogs. Melissa has taught adult classes in essay-writing for SMU, UNT, and the Writer’s Garret in Dallas, TX. Prior to freelance writing, Melissa was Director of Creative Services for Food Marketing Institute in Washington, DC. She’s mom to two mostly grown sons and lives in the Dallas area with her husband and their forever-young dog, Benji. Find her online at:
http://www.sisterhoodofmothers.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/melissatshultz and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melts4/

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