Author
Claire Ashworth
Quiet books for the hour before dawn
Wide Awake at 2am
Anchorline Press
First book
It is 2:17 in the morning. You are awake. Again.
You fell asleep just fine. That was hours ago. Now you are staring at the ceiling, doing the math on how many hours you can still get if you fall back asleep right now, thinking about the email you forgot to answer and the permission slip you forgot to sign and the appointment you keep meaning to make.
You are not depressed. Your life is good. You know it. That is part of what makes this so confusing.
You have tried the melatonin. You have tried the app with the rain sounds. You have tried going to bed earlier and the glass of wine you already know does not help. None of it has worked, because none of it was aimed at the problem you actually have.
This is a short, specific book about why busy women in their late thirties and forties cannot stay asleep — and what actually works.
You will read it in three nights. You will start sleeping through them not long after.
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About Claire
Claire Ashworth writes about the hidden costs of a full life — the sleep you can’t get, the stress you can’t shake, the mental load that never empties. She lives in the American South with her husband and has spent years studying the science behind why capable, driven women struggle to rest.
Her books are short, specific, and written for women who don’t have time for books that waste their time. Wide Awake at 2am is her first book.
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