After Elizabeth Passarella and her husband lastly determined that it was time to promote their two-bedroom condominium in Manhattan, she discovered herself questioning, Is there a correct method for skinning a sofa? The sofa in query was a beloved hand-me-down from her father–who had lately handed away–and he or she was surprisingly reluctant to let the nine-foot, plaid, velour-covered piece of furnishings go. So, out got here the scissors. She stored the material and tossed the sofa.
We’ve all needed to make selections in our lives about what to maintain and what to toss–habits, attitudes, pals, even houses. In this new assortment of essays, Elizabeth explores the ups and downs of shifting ahead–each emotionally and logistically–together with her welcome candor and humorousness that readers have come to like. She enters right into a outstanding (and unusual) relationship with an aged neighbor whose condominium she hopes to purchase, examines her personal cussed stances on motherhood and remedy, and tries to return to phrases with a household well being disaster that brings extra questions than solutions. Along the way in which Elizabeth reminds readers that after they really feel caught or their load feels heavy, there may be at all times mild breaking in someplace.
It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway will make readers snigger, cry, and really feel rather less alone as they navigate their very own lives which can be stuffed with uncertainty, change, and issues past their management.
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