Surprised? Well, so were we at BeamTeam Headquarters when we found out that 25 years ago Barbara Berger had actually written a steamy, fun “Sex and the City” type novel. (Yes Barbara has always been ahead of her time.) And up until now, Barbara had never shared the book with anyone! So of course we at BeamTeam Books decided to publish it – just for fun.

Single for the Second Time – The Adventures of Pebble Beach is about a newly divorced 40-something woman with two teenage sons, who is trying to build up a career as an advertising copywriter in Wonderful Copenhagen while testing herself in the dangerous waters of new men. In the course of all this she gets herself into all kinds of unexpected situations and adventures which make her embark on a new and intense journey of self-exploration… If you like “Sex and the City” and Barbara’s self-help books, you’ll love Barbara’s slightly daft and very charming heroine Pebble Beach as she throws herself head first into her new life – without a safety net.

Since the novel was written by Barbara Berger, it won’t surprise anyone that even back then, the book’s heroine Pebble Beach starts going to therapy in a desperate effort to understand herself, life, and her disastrous relationships with men.

So sit back friends and enjoy this blast from the past!

Even though Barbara Berger writes in English, this novel is not yet published in English. We will let you know when it comes out in English and in other languages. You can order the Danish edition here.

Here's what Doctor Rene Augustyn has to say about the book:

Dear Barbara,

SINGLE FOR THE SECOND TIME

THE ADVENTURES OF PEBBLE BEACH

I finished reading your book last night. I found this book dynamic, intense, stimulating and a real depiction of the complicated lives we all tend to create for ourselves. Pebble only took her power back after reaching a saturation point, a point where she mastered her “fear of loss”. It is astounding to read how her compulsive desire to please positioned herself in mortal danger. You succeeded extremely well with your depiction of her mental blindness and inability to identify individuals or situations that added very little or no value to her life. Most of us tend to see only what we want to see in others. This goes for everything else in life.

You brilliantly displayed the horrific price Pebble paid before she woke up to her real potential. I loved how you shared her self-talk and futile attempts to make sense of the games that she became embroiled in. What I found enlightening and disturbing is that you will find a Pebble drama in every building, home or office that you observe when you look out of your window. You will without doubt discover the Pebble Beach in yourself when you turn away from the window and look in a mirror.

Your subliminal ability to leave your reader with a question in his mind about his own compulsive and often obsessive behaviour in certain areas of his life gives this book longevity. It will be an idiot that reads this book and then sends it off to a second hand book shop. I recommend that we as readers take Pebble Beach off the shelf when we find ourselves struggling and straining to make sense of anything or anyone. This amazing book will then remind us once again where we allowed ourselves to get sucked in by illusions created in our futile minds that might once again return to our old and outdated software that we operated on historically. (Habitual reaction Patterns).

The real value of The Adventures of Pebble Beach is that you learn and gain insight without even being aware of it. You become so embroiled by Pebble’s adventures that you fail to grasp that you are at the same time busy with a purification process while you load wisdom and insight into your sub-conscious archives.

Regards,

Doctor Rene Augustyn, South Africa