You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened
By (Author) Amy Weinland Daughters
She Writes Press
She Writes Press
18th July 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
FIC
Physical Properties
Paperback
252
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
Description
56% of the female population in the United States is between the ages of 35 and 64 (62,380,545 individuals). The 10-year age bracket with the highest representation in this group falls between 45 and 54the primary target age for this book.
Nostalgia will always sell, because it makes people feel good.
Generation X represents 25% of the U.S. population; Xers have more spending power than any other generation.
Revenue for adult bookswhich account for more than 65% of all revenue for trade booksgrew by 3% in 2017.
AUDIENCE:
Women born between 1958 and 1978 (aged 4060)
Suburbanites
Texans
Book groups interested in humorous books
Book groups interested in coming of age/time travel books
Reviews
2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner in Humor/Comedy
2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in First Novel (Over 90k Words)
2020 IPPY Awards Silver Winner in Popular Fiction
2020 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: Time Travel
2020 Eric Hoffer Awards Montaigne Medal Finalist
2019 Foreword Indie Silver Winner in Adult Fiction: Humor
With a fine eye for detail and dialogue and from a middle childs perspective, Amy Weinland Daughters has written a funny, wrenching, insightful novel about what its like to come home . . . and the fact that you never really can come home again.
Kathy Hepinstall, author of The Book of Polly
Amy's time-traveling visit to her ten-year-old self's world proves simultaneously hilarious and heartbreakingbut always completely captivating. As she gains a better understanding of the family dynamics that shaped her life, she prompts readers to reflect upon our own. A truly fun, inspired, and enlightening read!
Sherry Stanfa-Stanley, author of Finding My Badass Self: A Year of Truths and Dares
Author Bio
A native Houstonian and a 1991 graduate of The Texas Tech University, Amy W. Daughters has been a freelance writer, focusing mostly on college football, for the past decade. You Cannot Mess This Up is her first published book, meaning she can no longer claim to be the author of unpublished books. Amy lives in Centerville, Ohioa suburb of Daytonwhere she is a regular on the ribbon dancing circuit. She is married to Willie (a computer person) and the proud mother of two sons, Will (21) and Matthew (13).
