Conscious uncoupling, single parenting, dating and mating. Throw in career reinvention, a fiscal meltdown to rival the GFC, and a determination to have some fun along the way, it's clear one Gap Year was never going to be enough

Facing a crumbling marriage, an insecure financial future, and the daunting prospect of single parenthood, Nathy Gaffney was scared. At the age of forty-seven, it felt like all her friends had their acts together, while she was a struggling actress flailing for a lifeline. Would she survive her menopausal mid-life reinvention?

In her no-holds-barred memoir The Gap Year(s), Gaffney takes readers on a raw and rollicking odyssey through heartbreak, utter resolve, and ultimate redemption. Refusing to take on the role society designates for women in their middle-aged years, Gaffney opts for possibility and transformation (with a liberal sprinkling of sexual renaissance). With courage and relentless enthusiasm, she shape-shifts herself and her life into what she wants it to become, not what society thinks it should be.

The Gap Years is a story of hope and empowerment and refusing to settle for less than what you deserve.