{"product_id":"between-chapters-by-zibby-owens-tbz","title":"Between Chapters by Zibby Owens (TBZ)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bombeckian brevity and wit.\" -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone in the messy middle-of a marriage, a loss, an emptying house, or a life that no longer fits.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou're not starting over. You're between chapters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn forty short, funny, honest essays, Zibby Owens writes about what happens when the life you carefully built stops looking like the life you thought you'd have-and you have to figure out who you are now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver one tumultuous decade, her life comes apart and slowly, surprisingly, comes back together: a divorce that upends her family, a second chance at love, four kids and countless shared-custody handoffs, the death of her stepfather, friendships gained and lost, and the books that carry her through it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's the birds-and-bees talk that goes spectacularly wrong. The inflatable raft at sleepaway camp she cannot climb. Weight lost and found. A zillion mistakes. And the unglamorous work of becoming someone new when the old script no longer fits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead it straight through or one essay at a time-each takes just a few minutes. As Susan Orlean puts it, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween Chapters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"as warm and engaging as morning coffee with a best friend.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone navigating divorce, grief, an empty nest, reinvention-or simply wondering what comes next.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd for the friend who's between chapters: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewhen you don't know what to say, give her this.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contribBio\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZibby Owens\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author and editor of six books including \u003ci\u003eBlank\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookends\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrincess Charming\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Being Jewish Now\u003c\/i\u003e, which has spent 29 weeks on the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list. She has contributed to \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and writes a bestselling weekly Substack. Owens hosts the award-winning podcast \u003ci\u003eTotally Booked with Zibby\u003c\/i\u003e and the weekly TV show \u003ci\u003eTotally Booked with Zibby\u003c\/i\u003e on JBS (Jewish Broadcasting Service). A frequent speaker, moderator and broadcast guest, Owens is known for highlighting the book industry’s most anticipated new releases and emerging authors. In 2021 she founded Zibby Media with the launch of Zibby Publishing and unique year-round hosted retreats and events for book lovers. In 2023, she opened Zibby’s Bookshop, the independent bookstore in Santa Monica, CA. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Owens, a mother of four, lives in New York and L.A. with her husband.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acc-font-no-hover medium-small-font bold descriptionHeader___aNBPJ\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-container css-1b1jvye\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books On Third","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44808463548494,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/9666\/6446\/files\/image_ea60e0e2-75f9-40f3-bc31-1f79904b679f.jpg?v=1793823740","url":"https:\/\/booksonthird.com\/products\/between-chapters-by-zibby-owens-tbz","provider":"Books On Third","version":"1.0","type":"link"}