Good joy, bad joy : a novel / Mikki Brammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brammer, Mikki, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Joy--Fiction.

Joy.

Self-actualization (Psychology) in women--Fiction.

Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.

Self--Fiction.

Self.

Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.

Identity (Psychology).

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Terminally ill--Fiction.

Terminally ill.

Caregivers--Fiction.

Caregivers.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Self-realization.

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

288 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2026.

Summary:

Break the rules. Find your joy. For more than eighty years, Joy Bridport has played by the rules: she's been a devoted wife and mother, contributing to the community in her small Hudson Valley town. But her quiet existence is jolted when she learns that her best friend, Hazel, only has months left to live. Hazel has always been the more adventurous one of their duo, and she seems at peace with all that she's squeezed out of her long life. Yet Joy realizes she can't say the same. Determined to live boldly and make the most of the time that she and Hazel have left together, Joy steps outside of her comfort zone--and into a bit of trouble. But as her foray into rule-breaking escalates into committing petty crime, Joy must consider what kind of legacy she wants to leave behind and whether there's a way for her to embrace the liberation that "Bad Joy" offers without losing all that she holds dear. Is it ever too late to become who we're meant to be?-- Front book flap.

ISBN:

9781250284433

1250284430

OCLC:

1532408721