HOW NOT TO ACT LIKE A LITTLE OLD LADY

by Mary McHugh

IN THIS HUMOROUS, advice-filled book, best-selling author Mary
McHugh has written down her secrets for living a long and happy life after 50. If you’re looking for ways to enrich your days, to be happier, to find a new approach to life’s problems, you need this book. It’s for everyone who wants to make the years ahead more fulfilling, more fun and more meaningful. Each chapter is a short take on making every day better than the day before. If you want to look better, feel better, have more fun, try the tips in this easy-to-read, lively book, so you never act like a little old lady.

133 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 20, 2011

About the author

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Reviews

[Sharon Huether · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little book of can-do's. Think positive. Move a lot and exercise daily. Try something new. Get involved.
Don't put off what you can do today.
Make a long list of things you want to do before you die.
Staying in the loop with make you a happier person.

[Kathy Collinsworth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great quick read. She shares good advice that motivates me to make a fun to do list.

[Lacy Lovett · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is mis-labeled "humor". It is mildly entertaining, in places. It should have been labeled "memoir". It is an episodic memoir, written as a series of essays. If you read it as a book, be prepared for the same explanations, introductions, and descriptions to happen, chapter after chapter. This isn't so much the author's fault as it is the editor's. It could've used a good editing.

The author is an elderly woman, very politically and morally liberal, ultra-feminist, and extroverted. Only read it if you like that sort of thing. Several chapters consist mostly of other people's thoughts on her chosen topic. If you're looking for humor, depth, or insight, you may want to look elsewhere.

This is a quick read, with easy language. I may have enjoyed it more if it had been classified and titled properly (and edited properly), but the content lived up to neither the title nor the genre. As authors are taught all the time, you shouldn't break promises you make to your readers, or you won't have any (and shouldn't). Title and genre are promises.

The book was fine, for what it is. It just is not what it promised to be.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another quick read. This is a funny, yet heartfelt book. Made me laugh out loud a few times! I definitely added a couple of the "101 things to do before I die" from her list to my list....

[Mel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute,fast read. Enjoyed points of book and laughed out loud. Great sense of humor and made me think about my bucket list for future.

[Sally Andrews · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I'm a devout Christian and didn't agree with some of McHugh's philosophies, especially those about death, I enjoyed a lot of spots in this little book. Why not live life to the fullest in spite of age? Dance, sing, volunteer, visit, learn something new. Life is meant to be LIVED.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The title may be a bit misleading but I still enjoyed this book. It's an easy, quick read but inspirational. Have you ever walked a labyrinth?

[Katie Winkler · Rating 5 out of 5]

A friend gave this to me for my birthday. Charming little book. Funny yet poignant, talking about aging, grief, marriage, children. Nice gift for my 59th.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book. Made me think of my mother and my elderly aunts.

[Arleen Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gag gift from my sister!

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful

I laughed and cried. Very moving. Will look for her other books and on YouTube
Hope you learn something new

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rated 3.5!