NEW RELEASE
Balancing Acts - Zoe Fishman (2010)
For anyone who has ever struggled with the "balancing act" involved in being a woman, this is the book for you. Charlie, Sabine, Bess and Naomi, four women who meet up again at a college reunion, are characters that any woman can identify with. Charlie, once a big name on Wall Street, gave up her high-powered career to open a yoga studio. Trying to let go of a past love, Charlie centres this story through her poise, charm and genuine desire to achieve happiness through being at peace with herself. Sabine, an editor at a publishing company, spends her weekends reading through other peoples' work while contemplating her own desire to write. Her less-than-exciting love life takes a fateful turn when she has the chance to get to know her secret crush, a man she sees on the subway every morning. Bess, a journalist stuck in a job that has her commenting on celebrity gossip, struggles with following her heart and moving to LA to be with her boyfriend, Dan, and staying in New York and not abandoning everything she has worked so hard for. Naomi, a once successful photographer, now finds herself designing websites and taking care of her son, Noah. When Noah's father enters the picture after many years, Naomi has to decide if she can let go of the anger she has been holding towards him. The four women meet once a week at Charlie's yoga studio and the lessons they learn through practice brings changes to their lives outside of the studio. Prepare to set aside enough me-time as this is a real page-turner. (JE)
New York literary agent Zoe Fishman's debut novel, Balancing Acts, is about four friends who 10 years after graduating college are in the midst of life crises. They turn to yoga - and their friendships - to help them balance their lives. Charlie left a high-paying Wall Street job after taking stock of her life at 30. Now, two years later, she's looking to drum up business for her fledgling yoga studio in Brooklyn. Attending her college's alumni night with flyers to hand out, she reconnects with three former classmates whose lives, like hers, haven't turned out like they'd hoped. Romance book editor Sabine still longs to write a novel. Once an up-and-coming photographer, Naomi is now a single mum who hasn't picked up her camera in years. And Bess, who dreamed of being an investigative journalist, is writing for a gossip mag. But at their weekly yoga class, the four will forge new bonds and take new chances.