ornaments
winging it dispatches from an almost empty nest
a strikingly imaginative o the oprah magazine and heartfelt memoir for every woman on the verge of becoming and empty nester br in her critically acclaimed debut memoir still life with chickens catherine goldhammer shared her recovery from the chaos of divorce moving with her daughter harper to a seaside new england town renovating a rustic cottage and raising six chickens . winging it picks up when harper begins her junior year of high school and catherine suddenly realizes that both she and her daughter will be on their own in two short years . like so many mothers catherine feels woefully unprepared for not only her daughters independence but also her own . br yet as friends ex lovers adventures and opportunities emerge catherine begins to realize that her life will not end with her daughters departure but begin anew . with wit charm and candor she reveals her journey of rediscovering herself through one of lifes most universal transitions including the lesson that letting go doesnt have to mean losing those you love . p br