{"product_id":"teetering-karen-mehiel-9798886454161","title":"Teetering: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What I wouldn't give to get those times back . . . To savor and live them again! Is it too late to recapture that feeling? Is it so strange to want that, to believe that we could?\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the outside looking in, Allegra Christos seems to have it all: the comforts of upper-class New York City, a devoted husband of thirty-five years, and the beautiful family they've built together. Through decades of cultural, political, and personal upheaval, she and Sam have remained steadfast, emerging from each conflict stronger than before. Now, as Sam's eightieth birthday approaches, Allegra prepares the ultimate surprise--a lavish party and self-authored chronicle of their life together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Allegra is hiding more than her celebratory plans, and her best-kept secret threatens to unravel everything they've built.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eTeetering\u003c\/i\u003e, Karen Mehiel delivers a raw and moving portrait of a woman torn between loving authenticity and fearful perfection. As she grapples with her anxiety, increasing insecurity, and the growing distance between her and the man she loves, Allegra wavers between the comfort of her omissions and the threat of the truth. How long can she balance between the ideal life she's constructed and her new, uninvited reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith haunting intimacy, \u003ci\u003eTeetering\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it means to measure a life--not by the impossible standards we set for ourselves, but by the truths we dare to face and the fears we choose to confront.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Mehiel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798886454161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenleaf Book Group Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Karen Mehiel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137279897855,"sku":"9798886454161","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_945d2ec2-edfc-43fc-a106-5023efc08741.jpg?v=1770167780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teetering-karen-mehiel-9798886454161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}