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Dana Goldstein had dreams of being a foreign correspondent, covering the news from a far-off land. When she graduated from journalism school into a recession, her visions of globetrotting were replaced by the reality of needing to pay her bills and eat. Working in retail was meant to be a temporary measure, a stopgap on the road to her future as a journalist. Ten years later, she had found herself accidentally well into a career, lured by the steady paycheck. Join her on the journey as she explores the best and worst of humanity, viewed from the sales racks and the sales floor.

Menopause. Every woman goes through it, but few of us talk about it with our friends. Following the success of The Girl in the Gold Bikini, author Dana Goldstein is throwing back the curtain on the most challenging years of a woman's life. Holding nothing back, the author brings her unique sense of humor to her menopausal journey, sharing stories of hair growing where it shouldn't, erotic dreams that leave her shaken for days, and her struggle to stop herself from killing her beloved husband.

A lifetime of diets, denial, and bad relationship choices caused author Dana Goldstein's weight to rise and fall, and challenged her confidence. Once she was in her 40s, Dana realized that "HELL, YES!" people liked who she was, that she no longer had to listen to the hurtful words of others, and that her weight issues were tied to emotions. Join Dana on her journey through all the bad habits, culinary delights, and triumphs that tell the story of her life so far.