American Lady Creature: My Change in the Middle East. A Qatar Memoir. An eBook.

A feminist in a sexist society. A devastating betrayal. A journey of self-discovery that led to life-affirming change.

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L.L. Kirchner was excited for adventure. The thirty-eight-year-old American journalist moved to Qatar for work, hoping to improve education for Muslim women while building a nest egg to support having children. But after months of struggling with Middle Eastern patriarchy, communication problems, and constant heat exhaustion, the intrepid ex-pat was stunned to discover she’d entered early menopause.



Devastated she might never have biological children, Kirchner and her spouse sought fertility treatments to fight nature’s cruel blow. But after a vacation to Turkey convinced them to return to the U.S., she suffered another emotional gut-punch when he decided he wanted a divorce.

Abandoned in the Persian Gulf, would this woman reeling from loss find a way to recover?

In this darkly comedic memoir, Kirchner recounts her extraordinary transformation in a daunting crucible. And as she journeys from hope to betrayal to peace, you’ll laugh and cry at her remarkable redirection from seeking approval to loving herself.

American Lady Creature is a fascinating account of one woman’s experience of hard-earned redemption. If you like moving narratives, honest confessions, and emerging triumphant from darkness, then you’ll adore Kirchner’s unforgettable reinvention.

NPR says American Lady Creature is "like Eat, Pray, Love, but funny."

Listed as one of Goodreads best travel memoirs, funniest memoirs for women, and best for book clubs.

Kirchner is an award-winning screenwriter, author and journalist. Her follow-up memoir, Blissful Thinking: A Memoir of Overcoming the Wellness Revolution, available everywhere books are sold, was nominated for a Pushcart. More at LLKirchner.com. 

On socials everywhere @llkirchner_.