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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]

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I wrote a novel about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO. (out 10/14/25) Preorder: bit.ly/3ZzgcNj Substack: https://prefernot2.substack.com

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · Mar 26

🔥 I’ve Written the Novel I Needed to Read 🔥

About a woman radicalized by her first hot flash.

It’s fiery and funny.

CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO comes out October 14, 2025 (preorder now at bit.ly/4j1U1Xj)

#5amwritersclub #authorsky #booksky #amwriting #writersky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 8h

Some of you have never lived inside the slow burn of midlife—juggling family, ambition, and a patriarchy that won’t quit—then lit the match. And it shows.

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 2d

Meet Clementine Crane, star of 🙅‍♀️CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🙅‍♀️ in an interview with author @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social. Get to know everything about Clementine, and don't forget to pick up your copy on 10/14/2025!

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Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristin Bair - Women Writers, Women's Books

Kristin Bair CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” hits perimenopause in this razor-sharp, wickedly funny novel about one woman’s awakening in a patriarchal world. For years, Clementine Crane has been the invisible force holding her Byrock, Massachusetts, home together—juggling three demanding kids, a husband who’s more hindrance than help, a soul-crushing boss …

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 2d

Noooooooooooooo!

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 3d

Men, want to save your marriage?

Buy and read CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO.

As C.B. Bernard, Barry Award–winning author of Ordinary Bear (& a man), says: “Clementine Crane should be required reading for men of all ages.”

Be the guy who gets it. 📚🔥 bit.ly/3ZzgcNj

Clementine Crane Prefers Not To: A Novel

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 3d

Proof that (peri)menopause brain fog is real:

What I googled this morning:

the person who reads an audiobook during the creation of the audiobook is called a_______?

#perimenopause #menopause #brainfog #booksky #authorsky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 3d

Men: “This book isn’t for men.”

“CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO should be required reading for men of all ages.” —C.B. Bernard, Barry Award–winning author of Ordinary Bear [yes, a man]

Be the guy who gets it. Buy the book.

bit.ly/3ZzgcNj

#booksky #authorsky #booklaunch #5amwritersclub

Clementine Crane Prefers Not To: A Novel

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning to everyone except the scientists who somehow mapped Mars before menopause.

#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 5d

🔥 Perimenopausal & menopausal readers—this one’s for you.

We’re in the final countdown to launch CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, my fierce, funny novel about rage, hot flashes, identity & taking up space.

Your preorder matters. Show the world what happens when we unite.

bit.ly/3ZzgcNj

#booksky

Clementine Crane Prefers Not To: A Novel

A Novel

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 5d

Ooh, I need this. 🐸

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 6d

G’morning, (peri)menopausal folks. This stage can feel like a wild mix of ambition, burnout, hot flashes & clarity. Today, I’m choosing fierceness over fog. What’s one thing you’re claiming for yourself this week? 👊🔥

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 7d

Yay-ing or nay-ing the new Taylor Swift album is the happy distraction we apparently needed. Forget starving people in Gaza or thugs in Chicago brutalizing communities—let’s ponder Travis Kelce’s wood.

#booksky #authorsky #5amwritersclub #musicsky

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 9d

🚨11 days until CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO launches.

It’s fierce & funny. & it all starts with a woman’s 1st hot flash of #perimenopause.🔥

Preorders matter A LOT, so today’s a great day to grab one!

🛍 Preorder link: amzn.to/3Zzbrn3

#booksky #readsky #femalerage #booklaunch

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 9d

Bookstagrammers & BookTokers & Podcasters—I’d love to get my forthcoming novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, into your hands. Fierce, funny, feminist fiction about a woman’s first hot flash and everything that follows. Motherhood, marriage, mental load, perimenopause. DM me.

#booksky #authorsky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 11d

Bookstores have “Beach Reads” tables. “Staff Picks” tables. “New in Paperback” tables. My goal? A table called Pissed-Off Women—books abt rage, awakening & refusing to stay quiet. (CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, Oct 14, wld fit nicely.) What books would you put on that table?

#booksky #readersky

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 14d

Good morning to everyone (except the “just tough it out” crowd—try doing that through 10 hot flashes a day). 🔥

#perimenopause #menopause #writersky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 19d

Calling all (peri)menopausal readers!

Before your next hot flash, go enter the #Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming novel! It's a funny, fiery story abt a woman radicalized agnst the patriarchy by her 1st hot flash. 🔥

Clem is the fictional hero of perimenopause we all need!

bit.ly/WinClementin...

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 20d

You have until SEPTEMBER 23RD to enter on Goodreads for the chance to win a copy of @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social's ⚽CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🧦!

https://loom.ly/7dr6x1o

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 22d

Ha! Get busy!

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 22d

Ama! Yes, yes, yes! (& I hope you’ll start a piece with this exact description in our next writing workshop) 🤞

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 22d

Humans in #perimenopause & #menopause, win a copy of my new novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, @ Goodreads right now! It's a funny, fierce story about a woman radicalized by her first hot flash. It takes on marriage, motherhood, & perimenopause.

#booksky #readersky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 22d

G’morning, (peri)menopausal folks 💥 Another day, another chance to remind ourselves: limits aren’t weakness—they’re power. What’s one thing you’re saying no to today so you can say yes to yourself?

#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 24d

You have until SEPTEMBER 23RD to enter on Goodreads for the chance to win a copy of @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social's ⚽CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🧦!

https://loom.ly/7dr6x1o

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 27d

G'morning, writerheads! How's everyone this Monday morn? Who's writing what? Who's writing like a cuckoodoodle before they head to the day job? Who's feeling the magic of imagination (in spite of the deep crevasse into which the U.S. has fallen)?

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 27d

Fans of "The Paper Bag Princess" & children's author Robert Munsch, don't miss this piece abt him. It is gorgeous celebration of his body of work AND a gorgeous ode to the power of oral storytelling and the role it can play in writing.

#writersky #readersky

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When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · Sep 12

Love it!