{"product_id":"not-my-job-anymore-margie-benedict-9781954584532","title":"Not My Job Anymore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe lost her mother-and found her fury.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Anthony sends his weekly \"garbage day\" text and Viola replies, \"every day is garbage day with you, darling,\" she knows she can't endure their suffocating forty-year marriage much longer. After her mother dies, she leaves her unraveling life in California to settle the estate in a Massachusetts beach town in January.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrief gives way to revelation when Viola learns her mother and Anthony spent their lives upholding a devastating lie. Intent on punishing her husband, she sets out to indulge her worst impulses. After a night of hard drinking with her free-spirited friend from high school days, Viola takes a polar plunge, where a would-be rescuer sparks her dormant desire-then vanishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Viola pursues the mystery man, a winter nor'easter assails the family home perched on stilts beside the relentless Atlantic, eager to swallow her newfound agency. Her fiery arguments with Mom's ghost, the inexplicable theft of Mom's ashes, and Anthony's impending arrival threaten to crush her last chance for a new life and new love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margie Benedict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954584539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954584532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riveting Reads Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Margie Benedict","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623693594879,"sku":"9781954584532","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af47cee3-0681-4cdf-895d-6ad89c719400.jpg?v=1780433944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-my-job-anymore-margie-benedict-9781954584532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}