The Fun Widows Book Tour, Zoe Fishman
The Fun Widows Book Tour, Zoe Fishman
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The Fun Widow's Book Tour
A Novel

Author: Zoe Fishman

Narrator: Andi Arndt

Unabridged: 6 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/14/2023

Synopsis

From the author of Inheriting Edith comes a brave new novel about the intersection of art and grief after the tragic loss of her own husband in 2017.Mia used to be fun. She was the class clown; a member of the mile high club; the mom who made her sons giggle with her bad British accent and well-placed tickles.But three years after the death of her husband, there’s no time for that. She’s the only parent they have.Now, her memoir is out and she has to promote it. But how to sell herself when her heart is still broken? And so her three best friends—Chelsea, Rachel and George—organize her book tour in their respective hometowns. With her father Ira on deck for the boys, Mia sets off on a week-long journey to San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta: her hometown.Although, Mia’s not just going for herself. Armed with her trademark agenda, she plans to fix her friends’ lives as a means of repayment for all they’ve done. And reluctantly visit Judy, her new stepmother, because she has to—not because she wants to. But even the best agenda is often rendered useless by reality, and Mia realizes that the stories she’s been telling herself are just that. Stories.If she can rewrite who she is now by revisiting who she was then, maybe she can reignite the flame in all of them. 

About Zoe Fishman

Zoe Fishman is the 2020 Georgia Author of the Year. She is the bestselling author of five previous novels and several awards including Booklist’s “Top 10 Books of the Year” and an IndieNext Pick. She’s been featured on “City Lights” with Lois Reitzes, and in Publisher’s Weekly and The Atlanta Jewish Times among others. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal Constitution and Modern Loss.  Zoe was the Director of The Decatur Writers Studio and a visiting writer at SCAD Atlanta. She lives in Decatur with her two sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tricia on January 02, 2023

This book started off really strong for me so I had high hopes but as it went on things started feeling flat to me. Overall it was a decent story about a woman trying to pick up the pieces two years after her husband's death and find herself. Things that worked for me. Her friends supporting her throu......more

Goodreads review by Sascha on March 21, 2023

3 1/2 Mia’s husband died unexpectedly two years ago. The grief has been intense. She thought she could keep a part of him alive by writing a memoir that she’s now trying to promote as the world is about to close down due to the pandemic. She visits each of her best friends before lockdown as part of......more

Goodreads review by Denise on August 24, 2023

I did not enjoy this at all. If I had to read one more sentence with words ," the dudes" I think I would have gone crazy. The book has so many references to weight that it was very unpleasant to read. Her words are regurgitated and a thesaurus might have helped. Sorry to be so harsh and negative but......more

Goodreads review by Lian on December 06, 2022

Author Zoe Fishman mines her own personal story of losing her husband and turns it into a sweet, moving and at times unbearably sad novel of grieving the live of your life while being forced to carry on with your life. There is so much truth, love and friendship in this book. And heartbreak and hope......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on March 15, 2023

I really enjoyed this deeply personal novel about grief and moving on after the sudden loss of a beloved partner. Three years after the death of her husband, writer, widow and single mother Mia has a new memoir out that is getting mixed reviews. Struggling to find herself again after being so much f......more

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