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I Never Woke Up 'til I Was Forty by Martha Knight Foster 200 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #02-1155; ISBN 1-55395-440-8; US$20.00, C$22.50, EUR16.50, £11.50 Annie Bloom has just turned forty. Open this book, Dear Reader, and share in Annie's poignant yet humourous journey to her True Self.
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About the Book
Annie Bloom has just turned forty. She is struggling with the Meaning Of her Life. Is there more to her than Good Mother, Good Daughter and Good Wife? Is there part of her that is missing?
Annie is a woman that every middle-age woman can relate to. She's struggling with motherhood, she's struggling with being a wife, but most of all, she's struggling with who she wants to be as a separate human being. Annie's humorous yet heartfelt journal looks into one woman coming to terms with her True Self. And every woman, no matter what their age, will find a part of Annie's story to be their own.
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About the Author
Martha Knight Foster is a free-lance writer who has been published in the following: Aim Magazine; Bangor Daily News; Country Victorian Magazine; eBay Magazine; Maine Sunday Telegram; and The Villager. She lives in Maine with her husband, son and four dogs.
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Praise for I Never Woke Up 'til I Was Forty
It is fabulous funny reading.
LOVE, Phyllis Diller
A super subject for a fun approach to what can, and should be, the best years of our life. Martha reinforces that laughter is the best medicine, and my audience loved it.
- Elliott Irving, News Director, WFLO RADIO, Farmville, VA
I can totally relate to Annie, and your book has had me in stitches. The BEST read that I've had in a long time.
-Connie L. Hecker, Antiques Dealer, Mabton, WA
This hilarious, touching and realistic account of Annie's life is something to which women of all ages can relate. Martha Knight Foster captures in this book what every woman is thinking. This book is a must read for every woman who ever ponders the question of "why" when thinking of the hardships of being a woman.
-Naomi Guidry, American Press
I am having a field day with Annie. What a great character! You have done a wonderful job describing the angst of forty.
-Ann P. Deal, staff, University Of North Carolina
The book is just as described, fun, poignant and very real. I enjoyed it. It gave me the unique opportunity to see into your soul. I had a similar experience when I've read some of Sanford Phippen's work, another local writer. Keep up the good work!
- Ruth E. Kinne, Vice President, Bangor Savings Bank, Bangor, Maine
Martha's book is such a refreshing and fun read! Annie is every woman. You will be drawn into her life, recognizing yourself all along the way. You'll nod in total agreement, shed some tears, and laugh out loud. She's trying to live her dream, and you're rooting for her. You'll say " If Annie can do it, I can!"
- Bunny Barclay, Yoga Instructor/Actor, Holden, Maine
This is pretty funny stuff.
- Jon Small, Anchorman, WABI-TV, Bangor, Maine
Annie Bloom is a baby-boomer, an every woman whose zany thoughts and
observations gently rock the pages of I Never Woke Up 'til I Was Forty.
- Lynn Ascrizzi, Feature Writer for The Morning Sentinel in Waterville, Maine
and The Kennebec Journal in Augusta, Maine
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Sample Excerpts or Table of Contents
Dear Journal,
Who Am I?
As of today I've spent forty years on this
earth. Feeling 'different' so run to mirror for quick
evaluation of face that reveals that, unfortunately,
teeth still slightly crooked, crow's feet evident,and
gray hairs abound. True Self, who has just moved
in with me, concludes that 'different' feeling must
be emotional rather than physical in nature.
Is there more to me than Good Mother,
Good Daughter, and Good Wife?
Is there part of me that's missing?
Go to kitchen, fix cup of tea, and ponder
Meaning Of Life...
What Is It?
Annie
Dear Journal,
Spend day taking care of Ben, my five-year-
old son, and reviewing list of New Year's
resolutions, most of which have already been
broken.
List is as follows:
1. Lose weight
2. Be myself, or True Self, and stop
caring so much about What Others
Think.
3. Live in The Present rather than
sorrows of The Past or exaggerated
expectations of The Future.
4. Try to keep resolutions, if humanly
possible
5. Try to still be human in spite of
resolutions.
Is there happy medium between True Self
and living in Harmony with the rest of the
world?
Time Will Tell,
Annie
Dear Journal,
Do any of us ever know who we are or is
life one gigantic quest towards this illusive goal?
I am into the second week of the New Year
and have been so busy trying to keep up with Real
Life that I have had very little time for self-
examination.
Is this good or bad?
I have always envied those who appear to
lead a happy and carefree surface existence even
though that has never been my style.
Is it better to examine life deeply or just to
drift from day to day? Is there a happy medium
between the two? If so, what is it?
I may never have all the answers. I know
that. But I do enjoy seeking them out. It's part of
who I am. It's part of
Being Annie,
Me
Dear Journal,
To my astonishment, turn on favorite talk
show to again see Famous Starlet (whose agent I
refrained from calling) bemoaning fact that she's
"always in the public eye" and misses being with
her family. True Self is now convinced that
Famous Starlet is eloquent liar.
Famous Starlet goes on to promote her new
book that, she claims, was written in "just three
weeks." True Self knows this is further proof that
Famous Starlet should be given honorary degree in
bullcrap.
Do lying and achieving Fame And Fortune
go hand in hand?
Poor But Honest,
Annie
Dear Journal,
Purchase leading women's magazine that
has beautiful, but obviously sex-starved, younger
woman on cover whose breasts are on the verge of
falling out of her dress.
Does this woman ever wear regular clothes,
or has she ever attempted breast-feeding?
Expression on her face gives the impression
that she only thinks about One Thing and could
care less about regular clothes and breastfeeding.
True Self ponders state of my own body
that, if it were black, would fit very nicely in the
African pages of the National Geographic. Make
mental note to buy new bras, since boobs are
currently having an affair with my naval, and must
remember that beauty is only skin deep and
beautiful and sex-starved woman has
Her Problems, Too,
Annie
Dear Journal,
Spend several hours, in between doing
housework that average maid service would charge
me exorbitant price to perform, Reading book by
well-known female writer who says that we should
write about that which we know and ideas are "all
around us." True Self feels very encouraged so sits
down to make list of subjects on which I could
easily write at great length.
Become somewhat depressed, however,
when I glance at list after one hour of writing and
it contains only the following:
1. The fine art of having your period.
2. How it feels to own the only black collie
in America.
3. How to live a full and cultured life on a
budget.
True Self knows nothing about the last one
so immediately scratch it off the list.
Female Writer goes on to say that "really
good ideas usually appear to us when we are not
trying to think of them and when we are doing
practically nothing, like when we're day -dreaming."
She goes on to say that her best ideas
came to her after she had "devoted days to doing
nothing."
Does Female Writer have hired help or does
her family prefer TV dinners?
Is Female Writer a Super Woman?
Is there such a thing as a Super Woman?
If there is, True Self hopes she
Never Meets Her,
Annie
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