Thayer a best-selling author with 13 previous novels went to her editor and proposed the concept.

Gradually she developed the idea of a series called 'The Hot Flash Club' with a story line that followed four women of a certain age who help each other cope with divorce adult children aging parents and other challenges of growing older. Most of our support for each other came through our ability to laugh together.' 'We'd go for long walks and talk about the physical changes we were seeing in our bodies. 'I was having hot flashes as were my friends' says Thayer. Were inspired by her own experiences and those of her closest confidants. Spreading hips widening waistlines cellulite killer personal heat waves and all & Her 'Hot Flash Club' novels which pull no punches on the good the bad and the ugly of middle age & As far as the 62-year-old Nantucket writer is concerned menopause isn't the 'silent passage' anymore &Īnd she has written a series of books to prove it. They will go for the sweep in the regular season finale tomorrow, first pitch is set for 1 p.m.Call Nancy Thayer 'the hot flash queen.' She doesn't mind a bit. The win puts Kent State at 39-13 on the year and 23-6 in the MAC. Calvin Bickerstaff and Jordan Kolenda finished things out for the lefty, each striking out three.įive Golden Flashes enjoyed multi-hit games as Kent State rapped out 12 more hits in the win and have crossed the plate 43 times in the series thus far. He improved to 9-1 on the season and struck out five in the victory. The lefty limited a potent Ball State offense to a run on two hits in his five innings of work. That was more than enough for Friday starter Joe Whitman. Four batters later, Brody Williams cracked a three-run homer to left center to make it an 11-1 ballgame. Miknis struck again, this time with a two-run single. The six-run third inning for the Flashes was only the start of the Flashes' offense on Friday.Īn inning later, Kent State added five more. Mike and Kyle Jackson followed with back-to-back jacks of their own with only an Aidan Longwell hit by pitch stopping the streak. Mack Timbrook, Collin Mathews and Justin Miknis went back-to-back-to-back in the inning, the first time the Flashes had done that since Josh Hollander, Nick Kanavas and Luke Burch did it at Western Carolina in March of 2017. The Flashes cracked five homers in the third inning alone. MUNCIE, IN-The Golden Flashes picked up right where they left off on Thursday, hammering out six more home runs in a 14-3 victory over the host Ball State Cardinals on Friday afternoon.

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