Guru of No

A poignant, funny novel about a woman standing up for herself and learning who she truly is.

Jane Cooper doesn’t know how to say no. She’s a peacekeeper, an enabler, a woman who runs errands for her mother, lies to protect her husband, gives money to her brother, and covers for her incompetent colleagues. She accepts that this is simply who she is. Until one very, very bad day, when something inside her snaps and she says no.

Saying no feels good. It feels powerful. It also terrifies her. If she wants to keep saying no —and she does — she needs to learn how to do it, and how to feel good about herself when she does it. She needs to grow comfortable refusing to accommodate everyone else. She needs to stop being the helpful, reliable person she’s been all her life. She needs to become an expert at naysaying.

As her ability to say no increases, she discovers that she can teach others how to say no, as well. She becomes the Guru of No. There’s just one problem: the more adept she is at the art of saying no, the less she recognizes herself. She may be the Guru of No, but … who is she?