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Set in Mattauk, a Long Island oceanfront village, Kirsten Miller’s The Change features an eccentric cast of characters. Three women—Harriett, Jo, and Nessa—are each embroiled in their own midlife crisis. But pity them not: these women might have a slew of problems, but they’ve also stumbled on a few unexpected…powers. Jo starts her gym Furious Fitness because she sees that the women who come there “were blowing off steam before they exploded.” Why are so many women in the book so full of rage --- and what do they do with that rage? Do you identify with that anger? The women don’t buy into that narrative, and Nessa is determined to give the girl a name, and bury her with her dignity, so the women begin to investigate. Their sleuthing will lead to more bodies, and the startling conclusion that a serial killer may have been getting away with murder for YEARS. Harriett tells Jo: “I feel like I spent the first twenty years of my life trying to figure shit out. The second twenty I wasted on the wrong people... Then I reached this stage of my life, and all that fell away... And for the first time in my life I knew what the hell I was doing.” Age and experience have made Harriett smarter and more powerful than ever. But that’s also the moment when her boss and her husband dump her. Does that ring true for you? Have you seen this dynamic at work in your own life? This is part fantasy, part mystery, part social commentary. But it is also fun, emotional, and heartwarming.
As the women discover the body of a young girl in a garbage bag, they embark on a journey to uncover what has been happening in the community. Hindered and unsupported by the police, they are truly on their own. As they each come into the full power of their gifts, I knew that they would help these young women and punish the perpetrators. Jo Levison is a former hotel executive who now owns a female only gym and harnesses her rage into a super strength I always want nuanced portrayal in the books I read. Every person should be judged by who they are instead of the color of their skin or their gender. So it makes me really uncomfortable to see groups of people lumped together like this, as if the sin of one is a reflection of all. I enjoyed this story that had plenty of unfortunately realistic, rage-inducing moments. I felt for the women as individuals, professionals, moms, and spouses. The Change is a great reminder of the power of women working together and not being deterred by men.Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful."--Booklist (starred review)
A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful." Booklist (starred review) Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. Hilary Swank, Sanaa Lathan, Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter to Star in James Patterson Audible Originals (Exclusive) And, once WE got past the descriptions of THEIR past menstrual cycles, it was a BLOODY good time! 🩸 Who knew women had these gifts after childbearing days, but so glad they do! I can only hope without these gifts we/women can protect our next generation of women. Very empowering & gives women hope!
In The Change, three women in Mattauk come together in unexpected ways, harnessing their gifts to try to protect their town. Nessa is a widow who can hear and see girls. Since she was ousted from her high level corporate job, Harriett has built a reputation for being a witch, in large part due to her unwieldy garden. Jo owns a women’s gym and can literally feel heat surging through her when she’s mad about something and lately, there’s plenty to be mad about in Mattauk. Meet the middle-aged Avengers from Mattauk, Long Island. A mid-life crisis has never sounded so good! Infuriating in the way the first half of the First Wives Club is, but then satisfying the way the second half of First Wives Club is.
despite the dark situation, there's a lot of humor and light weirdness threaded throughout, especially in their dealings with particular kinds of men. all of them have endured men behaving like shits—been condescended to, groped, dismissed, passed over professionally (and the chapter where jo is applying for a business loan is GOLD), and while menopause may mark the end of their fertility, it is only the beginning of a new stage of womanhood, and things are gonna get ferocious.Each of the three protagonists of THE CHANGE --- Jo, Nessa and Harriett --- develops a particular power in mid-life that’s uniquely suited to them. If mid-life were to bring you a specific new power, what would it be? How would you use that power? Many women are simply too frightened to see things as they really are-or to accept that the world men have made must be destroyed.”
Nessa James is a widow who used to work as a nurse and whose twin girls have left for college. She is alone now and she has started to hear voices. The voices are getting louder. Her grandmother had a gift and it seems like Nessa shares it. She can hear the dead. Specifically, young women calling for her to find them. It was a feminist revenge story spiked up with magical realism. Three powerful women with unique abilities come together to find and bring down a serial killer when justice fails to do the job. She was the co-author of a three-book children's series with Jason Segel named Nightmares!, of which the first book was released in the fall of 2014. [3] [4] Harriet Osborne is a former high-ranking advertising executive, the neighborhood witch, and a gifted horticulturist it's fun, compelling, fast-paced, and cheeky, but above all, fierce. and, since lady-cancer catapulted me into premature menopause, i'm expecting my powers to manifest ANY DAY NOW. best not piss me off, yeah?This unlikely trio, become friends when guided by the voices that only Nessa can hear, they find the dead body of a teenage girl abandoned off Danskammer beach.
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