After spending endless hours on dead-end dates, Maria
Dahvana Headley decides to throw caution to the wind and
embark on a sexual journey with stops one can only
imagine. Perhaps being too picky has lead to a life of
solitude, so Maria puts a not-so-conventional plan into
action. For one year, she will commit to going out with
anyone who asks her for a date. Quite a risky proposition,
but what does she have to lose? Maria is at the point in
her life where she is so desperate to find true love that
she is willing to try just about anything. She's tired of
window shopping. She wants to take the plunge and find the
man of her dreams. Who knows! Perhaps he, or maybe even
she, is someone she would never even consider dating. Why
not add a little excitement to the search? Anything is
better than what she has now, which is nothing!
From a taxi driver to a psycho millionaire who lives with
his mother, Maria meets all kinds. She now has some much
needed wind in her sails as she navigates the dating scene
with a fresh, new attitude and a less critical approach
for the search for Mr. Right. She even dabbles on the wild
side when she takes a stab at the same sex which she finds
is not her cup of tea. No harm! No foul! At least she
doesn't have to worry if that was the reason for her
ineptitude in the dating scene. She has narrowed the
playing field and is on the right path to finding her true
love.
It's not surprising to learn that each person Maria
chooses to date, even those who briefly come into her
life, leaves behind a valuable life lesson. From the
conductor on the subway who tirelessly performs his job
with a smile on his face every day to the vagrant Jimi
Hendrix wanna-be who is happy with his homeless situation,
Maria finds herself more comfortable and accepting of the
person she truly is and of the woman she is slowly
becoming. Perhaps the search for one's soul mate is also
an evolution of one's being. The journey may be long, but
the reward is worth the struggle.
Headley's debut novel puts a much welcome spin on the New
York City dating scene. Rather than the usual chick-lit
saga of the woes of dating, her down and dirty tale is a
breath of fresh air. Addictive and laugh-out-loud funny,
Headley's writing style demonstrates her intelligence,
warmth and sometimes brutal honesty. THE YEAR OF YES is a
memoir that leaves the reader with the realization that
after all the blood, sweat and tears, isn't love what we
all truly desire? If only we all could find it.
Like many young people everywhere, playwright Maria Headley
had had her fill of terrible dates. Discouraged and looking
for love, she decided the time had come for her to eliminate
her own (clearly not adequately discriminating) taste from
the equation. Instead-as she vowed to her roommates one
frustrated morning-she would date every person who asked her
out for an entire year, regardless of circumstances. It
would be her Year of Yes.
Leaving her judgment and
predispositions at the door, our heroine ventured into a
world suddenly brimming with opportunity and found herself
saying yes to:
* The Microsoft Millionaire who still lived
with his mom.
* An actor she had previously sworn off as
gay.
* And finally the significantly older man, divorced with
kids, who she never would have looked at twice before the
Year of Yes-and to whom she is now happily
married.
Hilariously funny and ultimately inspirational, The
Year of Yes will appeal to every person who has turned down
a date for the wrong reason.
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