A funny, heartfelt story about losing the perfect life — and finding a real one.

When twenty-seven-year-old image consultant Poppy Ross discovers her beloved husband Parker is having an affair, she is dumbfounded. Before she has a chance to confront him, however, he is struck by lightning. When he regains consciousness, he has lost his short-term memory — including that of the affair. Given this unlikely chance to erase history, Poppy decides to remake herself in the mistress’s image, so that Parker might never be tempted to stray again. Her quest to become the perfect woman, however, has disastrous and hilarious results, and it just might turn out to be the worst thing possible for her marriage.

Praise for Chantel Simmons’ Stuck in Downward Dog:

“Quirky, endearing, wry and zeitgeist-savvy—Mara Brennan is a chick-lit heroine of the highest order. Too bad we couldn’t tell Mara right from the start that her foibles are her strength, and her curvaceousness, her beauty and her zaniness are her great organizing principles. Then again, that wouldn't have been nearly as much fun. Chantel Simmons is an energetic young author with an admirably shameless sense of fun.” —Louisa McCormack, author of Six Weeks to Toxic

“refreshingly realistic...as good as having Sunday brunch with a girlfriend.” —Winnipeg Free Press

“The perfect Canadian Bridget Jones.” —Metro Toronto

“Hilarious and touching.” —The Literary Word

Length: 280 pp
Setting: urban
Period: contemporary



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Photo credit: Melissa Di Pasquale

Chantel Simmons’ first novel, Stuck in Downward Dog, was a Winnipeg Free Press bestseller, a Chatelaine Best Beach Book and Book of the Month, and a Vancouver Sun Editor’s Choice. She has worked at ELLE Canada, Sweetspot.ca, TV Guide, Elevate and The Toronto Sun, and has contributed to FASHION, Best Health, Reader’s Digest, MoneySense, HGTV, Foodtv.ca and WNetwork.com. She lives in Toronto with her husband and their cat. Chantel Simmons’s website can be found at www.chantelsimmons.com.