{"product_id":"a-good-year-for-bad-tess-marlowe-9798199554343","title":"A Good Year For Bad Decisions: May","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA smart, funny, emotionally honest story about ambition, identity, and the uncomfortable difference between choosing your life and choosing your work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy May, Erin has a decision to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe opportunity that appeared in April is still on the table, quietly waiting. At BalanceWay, the numbers are strong and Erin has become the go-to person for everyone on the team. The work -life is fast, and dangerously satisfying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time in years, she feels powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest of her life is... less certain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick is kind, steady, and very much rooted in the life he's already built, filled with school events, shared custody, and a daughter who deserves stability. Erin fits in that life. Mostly. On good days it even feels easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut easy and right are not always the same thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the weeks move forward and the decision she's been postponing refuses to disappear, Erin finds herself circling a question she's spent years avoiding: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you say you're choosing yourself... are you actually choosing your life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr just the part of it where you're winning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWry, intimate, and quietly devastating, \u003ci\u003eMay\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about ambition, self-honesty, and realizing that sometimes the hardest choice isn't between two people-it's between the person you want to be and the life that's already waiting for you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tess Marlowe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199554343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Tess Marlowe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742225641727,"sku":"9798199554343","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-good-year-for-bad-tess-marlowe-9798199554343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}