My What If Year

A memoir about four internships, three countries, two kids and one life-changing misadventure

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An exuberant, hilarious memoir about a woman in midlife (that would be me!) who pauses her career for a year to explore the What If jobs of her dreams.

Delightfully irreverent, My What If Year recounts the adventures of a successful, Latinx CEO and mother of twins who takes a break from her job to dip a toe in the careers that she idealized as a young woman.

She signs on as an intern at a Broadway theater, a London art gallery, a Scottish luxury hotel, and a virtual fitness studio (living room Zumba!)—only to discover a long-buried question: Why didn’t she do what she most wanted to do until now?

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My What If Year featured on
Good Morning America

February 6, 2023 / GMA feature on My What If Year

Alisha joins her publisher and host of the award-winning podcast ‘Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books’ Zibby Owens to chat all things My What If Year.

Boston Globe’s Best New Books

June 3, 2023 / Boston Globe

My What If Year hailed as one of the Boston Globe’s Best New Books for Summer 2023.

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People Magazine: My What If Year is one of People’s Best New Books

February 27, 2023 / People Magazine

People calls My What If Year “charming and highly readable.”

CNN: My What If Year hailed as the next Eat, Pray, Love

February 13, 2023 / CNN feature on My What If Year

CNN interview with Chloe Melas on the inspiration for the book and what life as an intern is really like.

“This book is like a balm for the soul of every over-achiever who has ever wondered what is on the other side of ‘having it all.’ With irreverence, unflinching honesty and irresistible warmth, Miranda gives us permission to get curious, hold tight to the wisp of a new idea, and honor the voice that whispers, ‘what if there is more?’”

Alicia Menendez, host of American Voices on MSNBC and author of The Likeability Trap

“Alisha’s case of missing identity, even as a successful CEO, is an ultimate triumph story in reclaiming oneself. In this funny, heart-warming “What If” journey, Alisha teaches us that sometimes uprooting our lives backwards is what leads us and our families forward.”

Eve Rodsky, best-selling author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space

“This hilarious, witty memoir had me saying YAY YAY from the very beginning! An inspiring read that will make every reader want to supercharge their own careers.”

Meaghan B. Murphy, Editor in Chief, Woman’s Day, author of Your Fully Charged Life

“I loved following Alisha as she chases her wildest — in every sense of the word — dreams. This is a book for every working mom who’s imagined a different life and told herself, You just can’t. You can, Alisha shows us, and in the process of trying on the lives in your fantasies, you just might find the one you want for real.”

Pamela Redmond, author of Younger

“It is always a gift when you find a book that speaks to the questions that echo inside us all. What If? But from there, Alisha’s bold decision to answer that question is delivered to us with such refreshing audacity and wild charm. For anyone looking for a breath of inspiration or that big gasping sign that it’s time to reclaim yourself and find your own answers, Alisha’s book is here just in time.”

Marisa Renee Lee, author of Grief is Love

“Miranda writes with humor, grace, and a joyful curiosity that’s a delight to read. My What If Year is a thought-provoking exploration of what we’re made of and what we could make of ourselves still.”

Bianca Bosker, New York Times Bestselling author of Cork Dork

“With her winning combination of chutzpah, self-deprecating humor and determination, Alisha Fernandez Miranda turns mid-career malaise into a hilarious memoir that will have you both cheering her on and scribbling your own "what if" list. My What If Year should come a trigger alert: warning: this book will change your life.”

Annabelle Gurwitch, New York Times Bestselling author of I See You Made an Effort

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The hardcover, paperback, ebook or audiobook (oh my!) can be bought at this very moment:

American Voices with Alicia Menendez (Feb 11, 2023)

All of It with Alison Steward (Feb 10, 2023)

Podcast: The Second Shift (January 2023)

Podcast: My Simplified Life (January 2023)