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It started as a promising new chapter. But after her body and her spouse betrayed her, getting a happy ending would be her biggest challenge. 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. ""Like Eat Pray Love, but funny,"" -NPR LL 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. Devastated 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. Abandoned in the Persian Gulf, would this woman reeling from loss find a way to recover? In 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. American Lady Creature 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. Buy American Lady Creature to experience this empowering, unforgettable reinvention story. ""I hoped moving to Qatar would change everything,"" she writes. ""Until it did.""

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"""Packed with plenty of loss -- an inability to have children, a crushing divorce, the state of being alone far from home -- but it ends in soaring redemption. Who doesn't love a good pulling-oneself-up-by-one's-bootstraps ride?"" -Bustle.com ""A hopeful read exploring the complexities of navigating cultural and societal expectations abroad."" -Kirkus Reviews ""Saucy and funny and unflinchingly honest. A picaresque tale of a woman lost - and found -in the Persian Gulf."" -Eric Weiner, best-selling author, The Geography of Bliss ""Lisa is bold, genuine, hilarious. It's so satisfying to read a great story told by a great writer."" -Ophira Eisenberg, NPR host and best-selling author, Screw Everyone ""I loved reading this. Her takeaways are empowering for any reader!"" -Jo Weldon, best-selling author, Fierce: A History of Leopard Print ""Kirchner's work is unapologetic and hilarious. Her effortless writing makes the book unputdownable!"" -Sweta Srivastava Vikram, best-selling author and ayurveda coach ""This former Pittsburgher offers funny, brilliant insights into office politics, the challenges of conducting business as a woman in a Muslim country and life in the throes of divorce."" -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"

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