Being a Grown-Up: A User's Manual for the Real World

by Ayla-Monic McKay (Editor), Kathleen C. Healy (Editor), Wendy Kennar (Contributor)

So you want to be a grown-up . . .

If only there were some sort of guide, something we could
read to prepare us for what nobody has figured out
(and believe me, nobody has it figured out). If only . . .

An anthropologist and a publisher walk into an apartment . . .

. . . and walk out with a collection of personal stories from
around the world that investigate what it means to be a
grown-up. Stories about change, grief, love, uncertainty.
About that moment when you realize that you are the
grown-up. About the unanswerable questions and the
mundane tasks.

151 pages, Paperback

First published December 11, 2013

About the author

Ayla-Monic McKay is an emerging conservator based out of Halifax, NS.

Reviews

[Denise]

The essays seemed more about mother-daughter relationships more than anything else.