{"product_id":"this-wasnt-the-plan-stephen-bray-9798285332299","title":"This Wasn't The Plan: On Pressure, Disappearance, and Not Going Back","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when you stop being nice - and start being honest?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie Ford thought she was just leaving a job.\u003cbr\u003eInstead, she walked away from a version of herself: agreeable, bendable, useful - and quietly breaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Wasn't the Plan\u003c\/i\u003e is a fierce, unsentimental portrait of what happens when women refuse to disappear. In tightly drawn entries, sharp, spare, and darkly funny. Maggie unpacks workplace burnout, quiet rage, unexpected friendship, and the slow reclamation of a self she barely recognised.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe doesn't crash.\u003cbr\u003eShe doesn't triumph.\u003cbr\u003eShe just leaves - and keeps going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk, and anyone who's ever smiled through gritted teeth, this is not a story of success. It's a story of \u003ci\u003ewhat comes after\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Bray,Maggie Ford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798285332299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d","brand":"Stephen Bray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170381373695,"sku":"9798285332299","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-wasnt-the-plan-stephen-bray-9798285332299","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}