Do you ever feel like life, work or family is overwhelming? Romance doesn't always go as planned. Do your friends think you quirky? Superstitious? Are you a people pleaser? If you answered "Yes!" to any of these questions then My Life as a Doormat is the book for you. My Life as a Doormat follows the adventures of Rose Gardner. It's 1980. Naive and fresh out of college Rose moves to Manhattan against her parents' wishes to pursue an acting career. Anxiety-ridden and insecure, Rose fights to maintain her sanity, while establising herself as an actress and coping with bad relationships, unpredictable roommates, bad decisions, bad jobs, and bad friends. Follow Rose Gardner (created by author Ivy Tobin) as she continues standing up and speaking out on her Facebook page - The Society for Recovering Doormats. And on her blog site www.thesocietyforrecoveringdoormats.com"