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Geri is a mid-40s Yorkshire woman having what can only be described as a full-body, full-life systems meltdown. Her twenty-year marriage is over, she’s lost her job thanks to one too many peri-menopausal mishaps, and with bills mounting and her son’s school trip looming, she’s running out of options. Hot flushes, brain fog, anxiety, cramps and night sweats have turned everyday life into a comedy of errors, and her dream of running her own business feels further away than ever.
Then, after one spectacularly awful day and a very large glass of wine, Geri does something wildly out of character: she records a brutally honest, hilarious late-night rant about the chaos of perimenopause and her idea for a support platform for women going through it. She never intends anyone to see it. Unfortunately, her son posts it while she’s asleep. By morning, Geri has gone viral.
Suddenly, millions of women see themselves in her words, and her scrappy little idea starts to look like the business opportunity of a lifetime. But when her polished old school friend and her smug millionaire fiancé swoop in, steal the spotlight and hijack her concept, Geri is left humiliated, furious, and facing her greatest fear: stepping up in public. Terrified of public speaking and hopeless at pitching, Geri must battle betrayal, self-doubt and a few appallingly timed hot flushes to reclaim her idea. To succeed, she’ll have to hold her nerve, back herself, and become the bold entrepreneur she has always dreamed of being.