The Late Bloomer's Revolution: A Memoir

Cohen--after losing her job, her boyfriend, and her mother to a long bout with cancer--is ready to stop suffering and start growing again. Back in the dating pool at the same time as her closest ally, her dad, she tries, fails, and tries again in her search for love.

???You are strong, you can do this, ??? the 35-year old Amy tells herself as she careens towards a parked Mercedes, attempting to ride a bike for the first time in decades. Such is the life of Amy Cohen, who, after losing her job as a TV writer, her boyfriend, and her mother to a long bout with cancer, is ready to stop suffering and start growing again. Back in the dating pool at the same time as her closest ally, her dad, she tries, fails, and tries again. Her own search for love leads her to romance with a well-known pundit, a traveling musician, the inevitable run-in with her ex, and eventually, someone she can be herself with. Amy??'s growth is shaped as much by insights as by events, and her sensitivity and humor reveal a voice that??'s assured, despite being self-deprecating. But it??'s her heart that really engages the reader, and her compassion???her ability to recognize herself in other people, and them in her???is what marks her transition and makes her journey so memorable. Late bloomers in all areas of life will recognize Amy??'s inner strength and resilience as part of what makes later success possible, no matter what you???re trying to achieve. The author??'s ability to articulate her own vulnerabilities, and reveal the lighter side of love, loss, and trying again, makes it impossible not to root for her as she asks those two big questions: Just why do we all want to fall in love anyway? and beyond that: Who am I going to be now?