Book Cover: And Now, Back to Me: Stories From an Empty Nest

After 27 years of motherhood, Rita Lussier’s youngest child heads to New York City and Rita drives home to what she thinks will be the calm after the storm only to find no comfort, nothing familiar. The parenting mission that had infused Rita’s days and nights with so much purpose has abruptly changed, and she finds herself re-evaluating her life. Rekindling her marriage and friendships. Rebooting her career. Making decisions about houses, finances and her future, all while adjusting to growing-up children and aging parents. And Now, Back to Me invites readers to share the experiences of this midlife crossroads.

Author Rita Lussier

Rita Lussier is an award-winning journalist whose popular column “For the Moment” ran in The Providence Journal for 12 years. Her writing has been featured on NPR, in The Boston Globe, The New York Daily News, Writers’ Digest, and Psychology Today. She won first place in the 2022 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition, an honor she has received three times. Her debut book, And Now, Back to Me, Stories from an Empty Nest, was recently published.