Pass the Prosecco: Stories Worth Toasting To

What does it really look like to grow up without letting life make you hard? In Pass the Prosecco: Stories Worth Toasting To, Detroit native Ashleigh Dandridge raises a glass to the messy, meaningful, and sometimes unhinged journey of becoming yourself — on your own terms. With equal parts humor and honesty, Ashleigh writes about the moments that shaped her: the third-grade teacher who gave her permission to take up space. The mother who carried everything so her daughter wouldn't have to — and what that blueprint cost her. The friendships that survived college, grief, and a few too many group chats. The dating life that included a man who ordered chili cheese onion rings at 10 a.m. and a summer romance that ended in an Uber she should never have called. The ADHD diagnosis that finally explained a lifetime of feeling like her brain was running twenty tabs at once. And the losses that rearranged everything she thought she knew about grief, love, and what it means to keep going. Pass the Prosecco is not a self-help book. There are no five-step plans or morning routines that will change your life by Friday. What there is: sixteen chapters of real stories, hard-won perspective, and the kind of honesty that makes you feel less alone in your own. Each chapter ends with a reflection prompt — Pour One Out or Refill? — inviting you to sit with what resonates and decide what you're ready to release. This book is for the woman who has been doing everything right and still feels behind. For the one who is excellent at starting and terrified of being seen. For the one who has been gripping the glass so tightly there's no room for anyone to pour into her. For anyone who has ever needed permission to show up fully, put the glass down, and finally let the good stuff in. Cheers. You've earned this read.