{"product_id":"american-lady-creature-my-change-in-the-middle-east-a-qatar-memoir-9798985815214","title":"American Lady Creature: (My) Change in the Middle East. A Qatar Memoir.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt started as a promising new chapter. But after her body and her spouse betrayed her, getting a happy ending would be her biggest challenge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Listed as one of Goodreads best books for a book club, Kirchner delivers an unflinching look at turn-of-the-century expatriate life in Qatar. New edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Like \u003cem\u003eEat Pray Love\u003c\/em\u003e, but funny,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLL Kirchner was excited for change. Taking work in Qatar to pave the way for her husband to join her after his newspaper folded, the thirty-eight-year-old American journalist hoped to improve education for Muslim women while building a nest egg to start a family. But after months of struggling with Middle Eastern patriarchy, communication problems, and constant heat exhaustion, the intrepid ex-pat was stunned to discover she'd entered early menopause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevastated when the diagnosis meant she could never have children, Kirchner and her spouse sought fertility treatments to fight nature's cruel blow. But after a vacation to Turkey convinced them to return to the U.S., she suffered another emotional gut-punch when he decided he wanted a divorce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbandoned in the Persian Gulf, would this woman reeling from loss find a way to recover?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this darkly comedic memoir, LL Kirchner recounts her extraordinary transformation in a harrowing crucible. And as she journeys from hope to betrayal to peace, you'll laugh and cry at her remarkable redirection from seeking approval to loving herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Lady Creature\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating account of one woman's hard-earned redemption. If you like moving narratives, honest confessions, and emerging triumphant from darkness, then you'll adore this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy \u003cem\u003eAmerican Lady Creature\u003c\/em\u003e to experience this empowering, unforgettable reinvention story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I hoped moving to Qatar would change everything,\" she writes. \"Until it did.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lila Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985815214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.86d","brand":"L. L. Kirchner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732409184437,"sku":"9798985815214","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/american-lady-creature-my-change-in-the-middle-east-a-qatar-memoir-9798985815214","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}