Hubris: Midlife Misadventures in Roots, Wings, and Beyond

by Elena Weber

Kate had the life everyone seemed to the high school sweetheart husband and best friend, the three smart kids, the beautiful home, a successful business of her own. Her marriage and life were full of safe, reliable, the very earth under her feet. Amidst the chaos of a global pandemic, she comes to terms with the undeniable fact that the only thing missing in this amazing life……sex. Fire. Passion. Remembering who she used to be before marriage, when she traveled the world alone and the juices of life dripped down her chin, she longs for the feeling of being alive and pushed up against a wall and kissed like she was the last woman on earth, and the thought of it was consuming her. A post-pandemic coming-of-middle-age story, Hubris takes you on a wild ride through desire, longing, all the best intentions, mistaken soul mates, calculated risks, mental health, and waking up to oneself amidst the shifting landscape of a life well-lived with everything to lose. Kate bravely explores if it’s possible to maintain all the infrastructure of what is still valuable while reconstructing everything below the surface, and trying to navigate with her intuition to understand who is safe, what is real, and what it is to truly be empowered through the realization that the true love of her life is herself.

552 pages, Paperback

Published July 4, 2023