New Old Me by Meredith Maran
Brand: TURQ
Product Description
A funny seasoned take on dashed illusions.O Magazine I love everything Meredith Maran writes. She is insightful funny and human and the things she writes about matter to me deeply. Her memoir The New Old Me is a book I dont just want to readI need to read it. So does everyone else whos getting older and wants to live fully with immediacy and enjoyment which is to say everyone.Anne Lamott author of Hallelujah Anyway For readers of Anne Lamott Abigail Thomas and Ayelet Waldman comes one womans lusty kickass postdivorce memoir of starting over at 60 in youthobsessed beautyobsessed Hollywood. After the death of her best friend the loss of her lifes savings and the collapse of her oncehappy marriage Meredith Maran leaves her San Francisco freelance writers life for a 9to5 job in Los Angeles. Determined to rebuild not only her savings but also herself while relishing the joys of life in LaLa land Maran writes a poignant story a funny story a moving story and above all an American story of what it means to be a woman of a certain age in our time Christina Baker Kline numberone New York Timesbestselling author of Orphan Train. Praise for The New Old Me High time we had a book that celebrates becoming an elder Meredith Maran writes of the difficulties of loss and change and aging but makes it clear that getting on can be more interesting more fun and a lot more exciting than youth.Abigail Thomas author of the New York Times bestseller What Comes Next and How to Like It By turns poignant and funny the book not only shows how one feisty woman coped with a Plan B life she didnt want or expect with a little help from her friends. It also celebrates how she transformed uncertainty into a glorious opportunity for continued latelife personal growth. A spirited and moving memoir about how its never too late to try something new.Kirkusshow more
Condition : New
Author : Meredith Maran
Weight : 480
Publisher : TURQ
Language : English
EAN : 9780399574153
ISBN10 : 0399574158
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20161115
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 203 X 135 X 24