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Michelle Newman

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Contemporary, Memoir, Fiction

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Michelle Newman's Blog

In a few days, I’ll turn 52, and I’ll be honest, other than the fact that when I open my camera app to take a photo and it’s pointing at me so I see my neck and face from a very frightening, unflattering angle (which never fails to shock me into reality and make me assume something is wrong with my phone or that I’ve most certainly left a bad filter open), I’m not too broken up about it.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 1,778 ratings · 226 reviews · 2 distinct works

	I Just Want to Pee Alone: A Collection of Humorous Essays by Kick Ass Mom Bloggers by Stacey Hatton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Robyn Welling (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Susan McLean (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 2,458 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Just Want to Be Alone (IJWTBA #2) by Jen Mann (Goodreads Author), Kim Bongiorno (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Abby Heugel (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Jills: A Novel

by Karen Parkman (Goodreads Author)

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The Summer Pact

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It's Different This Time

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