{"product_id":"a-woman-out-of-time-anouk-bright-9798253724231","title":"A Woman Out Of Time: A Journey of Hope, Healing and Second Chances","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the one thing you'd never allowed yourself to want... finally wanted you back?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiana \"Di\" Caldwell is 52, exhausted, and quietly disappearing from her own life. After decades of being useful, reliable, and overlooked, she receives a diagnosis that confirms what she already feels in her bones: \u003ci\u003eshe is running out of time.\u003c\/i\u003e As her medical file bluntly states, she has Stage III ovarian cancer and has chosen palliative care .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a strange, luminous doorway appears in the middle of an ordinary Ohio morning, Di steps through-and into a future that refuses to treat her as invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere she meets \u003cb\u003eGabriel Reyes\u003c\/b\u003e, a warm, unhurried widower who sees her with a depth she has never known. He notices what she thinks. He remembers what she says. He looks at her like she is \u003ci\u003epresent\u003c\/i\u003e, not fading. His attention is gentle, steady, and disarming-\"expressed through noticing,\" as your character plan beautifully puts it .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new world, Di also encounters \u003cb\u003eDr. Adaeze Okafor\u003c\/b\u003e, an integrative oncologist who delivers truth without pity and asks the question no one in Di's present ever thought to ask: \u003ci\u003e\"Are you interested in not being done yet?\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she meets \u003cb\u003ePearl Nakamura-Osei\u003c\/b\u003e, a serene, seventy-one-year-old gardener who teaches her-gently, without fanfare-that growing something new is always a risk worth taking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Di begins to heal in ways she never expected, she must face the cost of her choice: the life she left behind, the friend she didn't say goodbye to, and the children who never realised she was disappearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Woman Out of Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, luminous romance about second chances, late-life desire, and the radical act of choosing yourself after a lifetime of being needed but never truly seen. Perfect for readers who crave emotional depth, mature protagonists, and love stories that feel like reclamation rather than rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you love \u003cb\u003eMatt Haig\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRebecca Serle\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eClaire Pooley\u003c\/b\u003e, or \u003cb\u003ewomen's fiction with speculative heart\u003c\/b\u003e, this novel will stay with you long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anouk Bright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798253724231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Anouk Bright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665387786495,"sku":"9798253724231","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-woman-out-of-time-anouk-bright-9798253724231","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}