num_pages: 328
description: An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller and a Goodreads Choice Award finalist. A laugh-out-loud funny pitch-perfect novel that will have readers rooting for this unlikely relatable and totally lovable heroine The Overdue Life of Amy Byler is the ultimate escapeand will leave moms everywhere questioning whether it isnt time for a #momspringa of their own. New York Journal of Books Overworked and underappreciated single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered Amy finally lets her hair down in the city that never sleeps. She discovers a life filled with culture sophistication andwith a little encouragement from her friendsa few blind dates. When one man in particular makes quick work of Amys heart she risks losing herself completely in the unexpected escape and as the summer comes to an end Amy realizes too late that she must make an impossible stay in this exciting new chapter of her life or return to the life she left behind. But before she can choose a crisis forces the two worlds together and Amy must stare down a future where she could lose both sides of herself and every dream shes ever nurtured in the beat of a heart.
language: English
title: The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
publisher: Lake Union Publishing