From 2006 to 2008, M.C. Coolidge penned a weekly newspaper column called Reality Chick for the Pelican Press newspaper in Sarasota, Florida. In 2008, readers’ favorite columns from that period were collected and published in Coolidge’s book, “Sideways in Sarasota.”

Sideways in Sarasota is sexy, humorous, and sometimes sobering romp through the heart and mind of M.C. Coolidge –- one of Sarasota’s most popular and provocative newspaper columnists. A native Floridian and longtime Bostonian, Coolidge returned to Sarasota after years of living in New England — and after her divorce landed her in the dating pool again. Her Reality Chick columns offer perspectives from both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line, and share intimate glimpses of human kindness, dating dreams and disasters, memories of Beantown, and a deep affection for the natural beauty and serendipitous joys of Sarasota living.

Sideways in Sarasota is available for purchase ($11; tax and delivery included) through this website by clicking on the PayPal button at right. Buyers will receive an autographed copy of the paperback book mailed via USPS.

Circle Books on St. Armands Circle carries Sideways in Sarasota at a cover price of $14.95. The book may also be purchased through Amazon.com.