How to want more without feeling guilty for new moms: honest answers for Montgomery

Montgomery: for readers done coasting

Nobody in Montgomery sets out to drift. It happens in a season of good-enough — the commute, the calendar, the comfortable sameness — and then one Tuesday you realize you've been coasting on autopilot.

And this is Montgomery: part of greater Cincinnati, full of people who built a good life on purpose and still feel the pull toward more It's also why 'someday' tends to get scheduled for never in places like this.

🎧 A note for Montgomery readers (hear it)

“This is not a hustle book. It is not toxic positivity.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

If your life looks great and feels flat

You've become fluent in the language of 'should be grateful' — and it's crowding out 'actually am.'
Your ambition didn't die; it just stopped being invited places.
You're the most together person you know and the most quietly stuck.

Ask the person who knew you at 22

Text an old friend one question: 'What did I used to say I wanted? Be honest.'
Read the answer twice in Montgomery. Once for nostalgia, once for instructions.

Being thankful for today and honest about tomorrow is not a contradiction — it's the whole assignment.

The reading experience

The chapters move quickly — late-90s nostalgia, group chats, marriages, careers, perfectionism — each one ending with an observation you'll repeat before you realize you memorized it.

Montgomery Q&A

Why is it only $0.99 on Kindle? To make the decision easy. It's free with Kindle Unlimited, and the $14.99 paperback is the same book in a format you can gift.

How long are the chapters? Short by design — most readers finish one in a commute or a lunch break. The book was built for real schedules, not hypothetical ones.

Start with the free sample

Read the opening chapter on Amazon — no purchase needed. The Kindle edition is $0.99, and it's free with Kindle Unlimited.

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency — book cover Kindle — $0.99 Paperback — $14.99

Free on Kindle Unlimited · paperback ships with Prime · Book-club questions live on the main site.