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    All Good Things
    All Good Things
    Renee_RK
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      5 hours, 27 minutes5h 27m
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    • Reads
      Reads 87,874
      87,87487.8K
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    • Parts
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      Time 5h 27m
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    Renee_RK
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    Complete, First published Sep 29, 2018
    "Bridget Jones with a lot more wine! This story is hilarious, feel-good and relatable in all the best ways!" - Grace K @ HQ.
        
        She's just quit her high-flying job, her marriage is coasting on fumes and her 13-year-old daughter might be an alcoholic. Can Alice find a sense of purpose in all the madness?
        
                                                                              ***** 
        Alice's life isn't going to plan. She's tied to her phone, pointlessly managing PR for a sinking corporate megalith. She's become a bit player in her kids' lives and her marriage is coasting on fumes. Forcing herself into action with a rash resignation, Alice sets out to make a positive impact on the world around her. But how? Meditation leads to napping and her attempts to get closer to her teenage daughter result in the discovery of a secret that might have been best left in the closet! As the months tick by and a sense of purpose continues to elude her, Alice finds herself forming bonds with the most unlikely characters: the young woman who panhandles outside her old office; the homeless boy who sits cross-legged outside the liquor store with his ginger cat; her own dog walker who, it turns out, knows a thing or two about developing a good crema. Testing the limits of marriage, motherhood and the Toronto subway system--can Alice find her way into a purpose-driven life? Or will it all be one giant hangover?
         
        [*Wattpad Editor's Pick 2018*]
        
        [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
         
        Readers say:
        "This had me laughing so loud that my sister came to check up on me to see if I'm OK!!!"
        "...the new Bridget Jones, a working woman's take on the digital age."
          
        About the Author:
        Working mother, annoying vegetarian and red wine enthusiast, Renee lives in Toronto with her flawed but wonderful family (seriously, who left socks on the kitchen counter?) in a flawed but wonderful house (what *is* that smell in the basement?).
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    Table of contents
    • Author's Note
      Wed, Oct 10, 2018
    • WTF
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018
    • A Sense of Purpose
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018
    • Hubris
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018
    • What Have I Done?
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018
    • Checking Out
      Sun, Oct 21, 2018Locked
    • On the Importance of Physical Fitness in your 40s
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Parental Guidance
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Giving Thanks
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • The Kindness of Strangers
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Creeping Resentment
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Parental Guidance 2
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Idle Hands
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Meditations on Napping
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • A Mother's Pride
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • A Most Civilized Sport
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Sunday Dreads
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • A Wolf, a Lamb, and a Guy with Kitten Tattoos
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Voicemail
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • A Plausible Substitute for the Truth
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Measured Out with Coffee Spoons
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • The Internet's On Fire
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Generation Gap
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • What Not to Wear
      Sun, Sep 30, 2018Locked
    • Circle of Light
      Mon, Oct 1, 2018Locked
    • Nit Picking
      Mon, Oct 1, 2018Locked
    • #Winning
      Mon, Oct 8, 2018Locked
    • When to Use Glue
      Wed, Oct 3, 2018Locked
    • The Sticking Point
      Thu, Oct 4, 2018Locked
    • Like Wildfire
      Sat, Oct 6, 2018Locked
    • Look Back in Anger
      Mon, Oct 8, 2018Locked
    • Parental Guidance 3
      Tue, Oct 9, 2018Locked
    • Broken Homes
      Wed, Oct 10, 2018Locked
    • Spoils of War
      Thu, Oct 11, 2018Locked
    • A Night To Remember (Or Not)
      Fri, Oct 12, 2018Locked
    • Cat Naps and Cold Tea
      Sat, Oct 13, 2018Locked
    • In the Harsh Light of the Very Next Day
      Sun, Oct 14, 2018Locked
    • Needs Must (with Dust)
      Mon, Oct 15, 2018Locked
    • All Good Things
      Mon, Oct 15, 2018Locked

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    "Bridget Jones with a lot more wine! This story is hilarious, feel-good and relatable in all the best ways!" - Grace K @ HQ.
        
        She's just quit her high-flying job, her marriage is coasting on fumes and her 13-year-old daughter might be an alcoholic. Can Alice find a sense of purpose in all the madness?
        
                                                                              ***** 
        Alice's life isn't going to plan. She's tied to her phone, pointlessly managing PR for a sinking corporate megalith. She's become a bit player in her kids' lives and her marriage is coasting on fumes. Forcing herself into action with a rash resignation, Alice sets out to make a positive impact on the world around her. But how? Meditation leads to napping and her attempts to get closer to her teenage daughter result in the discovery of a secret that might have been best left in the closet! As the months tick by and a sense of purpose continues to elude her, Alice finds herself forming bonds with the most unlikely characters: the young woman who panhandles outside her old office; the homeless boy who sits cross-legged outside the liquor store with his ginger cat; her own dog walker who, it turns out, knows a thing or two about developing a good crema. Testing the limits of marriage, motherhood and the Toronto subway system--can Alice find her way into a purpose-driven life? Or will it all be one giant hangover?
         
        [*Wattpad Editor's Pick 2018*]
        
        [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
         
        Readers say:
        "This had me laughing so loud that my sister came to check up on me to see if I'm OK!!!"
        "...the new Bridget Jones, a working woman's take on the digital age."
          
        About the Author:
        Working mother, annoying vegetarian and red wine enthusiast, Renee lives in Toronto with her flawed but wonderful family (seriously, who left socks on the kitchen counter?) in a flawed but wonderful house (what *is* that smell in the basement?).

    39 parts

    • In the Harsh Light of the Very Next Day
      Sun, Oct 14, 2018Locked
    • Needs Must (with Dust)
      Mon, Oct 15, 2018Locked
    • All Good Things
      Mon, Oct 15, 2018Locked
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