Beth Harbison

Beth Harbison's novels explore friendship, reinvention, memory, appearance, work, and romantic choices complicated by old expectations. Shoe Addicts Anonymous brings women with different pressures together through a shared interest that becomes a source of confidence and solidarity. Secrets of a Shoe Addict returns to the gap between public appearance and private crisis.

Hope in a Jar turns beauty and aging into questions about self-image and second chances. Always Something There to Remind Me examines the persistence of an earlier relationship, while Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger begins with a past decision that refuses to stay settled. Harbison uses comedy to expose the stories characters tell to avoid change, then tests those stories through friendship and renewed choice.