Hold My Capri Sun: Gen X's Survival Guide to Parenting Parents, Coaching Millennials, and Keeping Your Sanity
Gen X grew up riding bikes without helmets, drinking Capri Suns that were impossible to open, and figuring things out the hard way. Now? We're sandwiched between raising kids and caring for aging parents, while still trying to remember where we put our coffee.
Hold My Capri Sun is the hilarious, heartfelt, and brutally honest survival guide for midlife women who are balancing way too much, and doing it with style, snark, and strength.
Inside, you'll find:
- Relatable stories of juggling parenting, marriage, aging parents, and personal identity-all at once
- Encouragement and humor for those "is it just me?" moments (nope, it's not just you)
- Hard truths and healing insights about family dynamics, adulting kids, and what self-care really means
- Wisdom with a wink, because we all need a little grace, a little grit, and a little sarcasm to survive this stage of life.
If you've ever found yourself whispering "I can't do this" while actually doing it anyway, you're not alone. This book is for every Gen X woman trying to keep her sanity, her sense of humor, and her family together. It's part pep talk, part group hug, and part hilarious truth bomb-perfect for every woman who's ever said, "Hold my Capri Sun... I've got this.
Autorentext
Jenny Lowery is a storyteller, humorist, and Gen X truth-teller based in sunny Arizona. A graduate of Arizona State University with a degree in Human Communications, Jenny blends her background in media and human connection with a talent for turning everyday chaos into compelling, laugh-out-loud prose.Her writing speaks directly to women who are holding it all together or at least pretending to. Whether you're balancing aging parents, grown-but-not-gone kids, a never-ending to-do list, or just trying to remember what day it is, Jenny's words offer the kind of honesty and humor that feels like therapy with your sharpest friend.Drawing from her Houston roots and decades of lived experience, Jenny writes with grit, grace, and just enough sarcasm to make you snort your coffee. Her stories are rooted in real life, crafted to remind readers that they're not alone, and that sometimes, the most powerful thing we can do is laugh through the mess.When she's not writing, you'll find her troubleshooting her family's tech issues, collecting quotes from unfiltered conversations, or mentally drafting her next chapter while stuck in traffic. Her work is a celebration of modern womanhood: raw, ridiculous, and always worth writing about.