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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
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.
October 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Noooooooooooooo!
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🚨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
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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
October 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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...
September 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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

bit.ly/WinClementin...
September 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨 Goodreads Giveaway 🚨
You can win an early copy of my forthcoming novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—a funny, fierce story about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash of perimenopause.

It is a very timely novel...

Enter here: bit.ly/WinClementin...

#booksky
September 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🚨 Goodreads Giveaway 🚨
Win an early copy of CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—a funny, fierce novel about a woman radicalized by her first hot flash.

👉 Enter by Sept 23: bit.ly/WinClementin...

#perimenopause #menopause #booklaunch #booksky #authorsky #writersky #goodreadsgiveaway
September 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Took my elder kiddo for her senior picture shoot last evening 😭 & 😁. I lurked behind the hydrangeas. Gorgeous night.
September 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The woman who works at the Indian restaurant I frequent just gave me the biggest hug. Best thing to happen to me all day/week/month. I needed a hug.
August 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Over in an FB readers group, I'm giving away a few copies of my novel AGATHA ARCH IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING. Obvs, the book is about fear. Here's the photo I shared in the post. 😂

#5amwritersgroup #booksky #writersky #authorsky #fear
August 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🔥 I’ve Written the Novel I Needed to Read 🔥

About a woman radicalized by her first hot flash.

It’s fiery & funny.

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

#5amwritersclub #authorsky #booksky #amwriting #writersky #perimenopause #menopause
August 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The photo I texted my 17yo to remind her that she didn't clean up her dinner dishes...

#writersky #booksky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause #motherhood
August 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
When you lose power & the smoke/CO2 alarms won't stop going off & the dogs panic & join you in bed, panting their stinky breath on you (even after the power comes back on).

That was an evening...

#writersky #booksky #perimenopause #menopause #dogs
August 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
60 days. Until CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—fiction’s hot-flashing, no-longer-biting-her-tongue hero of perimenopause—lands. I’ll be everywhere. No, I’m not sorry. Women like Clem matter. #5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause
August 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Remember when Clementine Crane made it to Dunbrody Abbey in Co. Wexford? She is a traveler. (launches Oct 14)

#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #Ireland #CoWexford #travelbooks
August 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
August 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Say hi to one of my pups.

#5amwritersclub #dogsky #puppysky
August 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Watched an eggplant go from delicate purple flower to wobbly toddler veggie in record time. Nature is cool. #gardening #eggplant #purple #5amwritersclub
August 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🔥 Convincing you to pre-order my upcoming novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, in 3 quotes 🔥

Quote #3...

bit.ly/4j1U1Xj

#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause
August 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🔥 Convincing you to pre-order my upcoming novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, in 3 quotes 🔥

Quote #2...

bit.ly/4j1U1Xj

#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause
August 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🔥 Convincing you to pre-order my upcoming novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, in 3 quotes 🔥

Quote #1...

bit.ly/4j1U1Xj

#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause
August 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
G'morning perimenopausal & menopausal folks!

Meet the fictional hero of #perimenopause: Clementine Crane from CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—a fierce, funny novel about a woman radicalized by her first hot flash.

#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #menopause
August 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
There are hard, unflinching mill scenes in my novel THIRSTY. Mill life was brutal—this week’s explosion is proof it still is.
It’s also the book where I first dug deep into women’s lives—& how they navigated men, danger & survival.

#5amwritersclub #LocalHistory #writersky #booksky #Pittsburgh
August 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The first poem I ever published—"Crumbling Steeples"—was about that mill in the ’80s. It grew into my first published novel, THIRSTY. Clairton & the Clairton Coke Works shaped my life and my voice. Still does.

#5amwritersclub #authorsky #booksky #amwriting #writersky
August 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM