{"product_id":"haboob-billy-stampone-9780984097654","title":"Haboob: A novel of a girl's life in year 2012","description":"Anne is a child of the Sixties. She met her husband when she was 25 living in the East Village of NYC and he had just hitchhiked from California. He was 21. \u003cp\u003e A few months later he moved in with her and they were together ever since, until he suddenly out of nowhere and for no reason went to Heaven in 2011. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But Anne had become New Age in Tucson. She actually does believe we are all eternal beings. And for Bill it is just a change of address. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e So she held on to her happiness. It still means starting a brand new life as a bachelorette when it was the last thing she expected to happen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e She loved her husband and was a contented wife but this new life is thrilling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Haboob is the tale of Anne's life during first 6 months of 2012. It is her second year of being on her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her husband's friend is teaching her how to drive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A wonderful friendship blossoms. There is no attraction, he goes for hot blonds. Anne's type is sensitive but misunderstood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But they have so much fun together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Anne says, \"It is a lot of fun to be friends with a boy who is just a friend and not a boyfriend. Because of the freedom. It's fun to feel so free. And so relaxed.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A lot of the book is fun and funny, but there are some deep parts too. Anne's chapter, \"My Mother and Me\" is very revealing about a mother daughter relationship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Anne shares both her inner and outer experiences. And a reader may enjoy her conversations with her Higher Self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her husband's cartoons are fun, funny, interesting. They are lively and somewhat sexy. The cover painting is by him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA haboob (Arabic for strong wind) is a type of intense dust storm. They take place in Africa and one arrived in Tucson March 2012 in the middle of Anne's novel. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Billy Stampone,Anne Wilensky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984097651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984097654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haiku Helen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Billy Stampone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49161546694911,"sku":"9780984097654","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haboob-billy-stampone-9780984097654","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}