Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]
@kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social
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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Substack: https://prefernot2.substack.com
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🔥 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
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
Good morning to everyone (except the folks who want the perimenopausal hero of my new novel to calm the fuck down).
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the folks who want the perimenopausal hero of my new novel to calm the fuck down).
Good morning to everyone (except the man who walked into a glass door because he couldn’t stop ogling girls in Epstein’s pool). The metaphor writes itself.
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the man who walked into a glass door because he couldn’t stop ogling girls in Epstein’s pool). The metaphor writes itself.
Good morning to everyone (except the folks who call female rage “unrelatable").
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the folks who call female rage “unrelatable").
Good morning to everyone (except those who still think perimenopause is a crisis instead of a creative uprising).
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Good morning to everyone (except those who still think perimenopause is a crisis instead of a creative uprising).
Looking forward to this!
Got plans for Wednesday night? If not, join me and @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social for @everylibrary.bsky.social's Award Winning Author Conversation series, broadcast live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJQY... starting at 7 PM. The recording will also be archived.
#5amwritersclub #writinglife
#5amwritersclub #writinglife
"Ordinary Bear" with C.B. Bernard - Best First Mystery Novel - Award Winners Week 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Looking forward to this!
Good morning to everyone (except the 8 Democrats who caved last night). As strong as my coffee today, it is still not strong enough to stomach watching them open the government without a plan for ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the 8 Democrats who caved last night). As strong as my coffee today, it is still not strong enough to stomach watching them open the government without a plan for ACA subsidies.
Reminder: my new novel is about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash. Every woman I know is running out of patience, and this one’s for all of us.
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Clementine Crane Prefers Not To: A Novel
A Novel
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November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Reminder: my new novel is about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash. Every woman I know is running out of patience, and this one’s for all of us.
bookshop.org/p/books/clem...
bookshop.org/p/books/clem...
Good morning to everyone (except the people who thought a novel about perimenopause as a fucking awakening was too much).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the people who thought a novel about perimenopause as a fucking awakening was too much).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
Good morning to everyone (except the politicians who mistake women’s rage for hysteria).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the politicians who mistake women’s rage for hysteria).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
Good morning to everyone (except the patriarchy, currently Googling “how to handle women in charge” after watching women clean up at the polls).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the patriarchy, currently Googling “how to handle women in charge” after watching women clean up at the polls).
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage
Reposted by Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]
Celebrate the release of 🙅♀️CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🙅♀️ by @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social on OCTOBER 25, 5PM at Jabberwocky Bookshop! This quirky and heartfelt novel exploring family, community, and womanhood is available now.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Celebrate the release of 🙅♀️CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🙅♀️ by @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social on OCTOBER 25, 5PM at Jabberwocky Bookshop! This quirky and heartfelt novel exploring family, community, and womanhood is available now.
https://loom.ly/iyNIC_4
https://loom.ly/iyNIC_4
Reposted by Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]
Congratulations Lit Fest alumni! @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, narrated by @sarasounds.bsky.social. Julie C. Dao—SO BLOOMS THE DAWN. @kyliu99.bsky.social—ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM. @aptshadow.bsky.social—LIVES OF BITTER RAIN.
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations Lit Fest alumni! @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, narrated by @sarasounds.bsky.social. Julie C. Dao—SO BLOOMS THE DAWN. @kyliu99.bsky.social—ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM. @aptshadow.bsky.social—LIVES OF BITTER RAIN.
All you amazing Newburyport-ians! See below for details abt my upcoming event at @jabberwockybooks.bsky.social this Sat, Oct 25! Wld love to see your smiling face!
I’ll be talking about my new novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, perimenopause, hot flashes & female rage! It’s going to be fun. 😁🔥
I’ll be talking about my new novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, perimenopause, hot flashes & female rage! It’s going to be fun. 😁🔥
Silent Book Club at The Castle Bvrly Oct 21 6PM cohosted @copperdogbooks.bsky.social; book talk w/ Daniel Seddiqui—GETTIN' NAUTICAL IN NEW ENGLAND—Oct 23 6PM The Bookstore of Gloucester; book event w/ @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—Oct 25 5PM Jabberwocky Newburyport
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
All you amazing Newburyport-ians! See below for details abt my upcoming event at @jabberwockybooks.bsky.social this Sat, Oct 25! Wld love to see your smiling face!
I’ll be talking about my new novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, perimenopause, hot flashes & female rage! It’s going to be fun. 😁🔥
I’ll be talking about my new novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, perimenopause, hot flashes & female rage! It’s going to be fun. 😁🔥
I took ystrdy off from posting abt my new novel. Instead I READ AN ENTIRE BOOK! I read on the couch w/ coffee. I read at my son's baseball practice. I read while folding laundry. I read while eating lunch. I read when family members said, "Stop reading. We need to _______."
People, it was glorious.
People, it was glorious.
October 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I took ystrdy off from posting abt my new novel. Instead I READ AN ENTIRE BOOK! I read on the couch w/ coffee. I read at my son's baseball practice. I read while folding laundry. I read while eating lunch. I read when family members said, "Stop reading. We need to _______."
People, it was glorious.
People, it was glorious.
Good morning to everyone (except the dude who thinks hot flashes are “kinda sexy").
#perimenopause #menopause
#perimenopause #menopause
October 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Good morning to everyone (except the dude who thinks hot flashes are “kinda sexy").
#perimenopause #menopause
#perimenopause #menopause
Hartford was 🔥 ystrdy! The Connecticut Lit Festival delivered: readers, writers, dumplings & feminist fire.
I was there slinging CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO (aka the hot-flash novel of our time), hanging w/ Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Holm & handing out I Prefer Not To tattoos like rebellion confetti.
I was there slinging CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO (aka the hot-flash novel of our time), hanging w/ Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Holm & handing out I Prefer Not To tattoos like rebellion confetti.
October 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hartford was 🔥 ystrdy! The Connecticut Lit Festival delivered: readers, writers, dumplings & feminist fire.
I was there slinging CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO (aka the hot-flash novel of our time), hanging w/ Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Holm & handing out I Prefer Not To tattoos like rebellion confetti.
I was there slinging CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO (aka the hot-flash novel of our time), hanging w/ Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Holm & handing out I Prefer Not To tattoos like rebellion confetti.
Heading to CT today to share CLEMENTINE CRANE at the Lit Fest. If you're in the Hartford area, come join us at Real Art Ways today at 3:30pm! I'm panel-ing with authors Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Hom. Squeeze us in between your No Kings protests!
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Heading to CT today to share CLEMENTINE CRANE at the Lit Fest. If you're in the Hartford area, come join us at Real Art Ways today at 3:30pm! I'm panel-ing with authors Lara Ehrlich & Sasha Hom. Squeeze us in between your No Kings protests!
It’s #WorldMenopauseDay —the perfect day to remember that facts & medical research matter deeply…but so does fiction.
CLEMENTINE CRANE is the perimenopausal hero of fiction—fierce, funny & fed up. Buy it today!
#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause
CLEMENTINE CRANE is the perimenopausal hero of fiction—fierce, funny & fed up. Buy it today!
#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause
Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by Kristin Bair: 9798892423250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
For fans of Maria Semple, Clementine Crane is a one-woman whirlwind, managing every aspect of her family’s life—until she hits her breaking point. In this quirky and heartfelt novel, author...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It’s #WorldMenopauseDay —the perfect day to remember that facts & medical research matter deeply…but so does fiction.
CLEMENTINE CRANE is the perimenopausal hero of fiction—fierce, funny & fed up. Buy it today!
#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause
CLEMENTINE CRANE is the perimenopausal hero of fiction—fierce, funny & fed up. Buy it today!
#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause
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.
October 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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.
Reposted by Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]
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!
https://loom.ly/mSAIP2E
https://loom.ly/mSAIP2E
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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October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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!
https://loom.ly/mSAIP2E
https://loom.ly/mSAIP2E
Noooooooooooooo!
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Noooooooooooooo!
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
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
A Novel
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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
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
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
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
a woman in a purple dress stands in front of a group of people
ALT: a woman in a purple dress stands in front of a group of people
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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
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
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 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
A Novel
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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 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
Good morning to everyone except the scientists who somehow mapped Mars before menopause.
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause
a cartoon of marvin the martian saying listen to letters from mars !
ALT: a cartoon of marvin the martian saying listen to letters from mars !
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Good morning to everyone except the scientists who somehow mapped Mars before menopause.
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause
#5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause