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How to Get Over Being Young: A Rough Guide to Midlife
A deliciously funny and sage guide to midlife - an unscientific, flaws-and-all account of one woman's adventures and misadventures through the dark comedy of the wilderness years.
Through her own experiences as a fifty-something woman, and those of her three sisters, her indomitable mum and rebellious auntie, Charlotte tackles the big questions every woman seeks answers to at this time of our lives - How the hell am I going to get over being young in a world obsessed with youth?
Written with warmth, wisdom and irreverence this guide to midlife is perfect for readers of Nora Ephron, Caitlin Moran and India Knight.
Through her own experiences as a fifty-something woman, and those of her three sisters, her indomitable mum and rebellious auntie, Charlotte tackles the big questions every woman seeks answers to at this time of our lives - How the hell am I going to get over being young in a world obsessed with youth?
Written with warmth, wisdom and irreverence this guide to midlife is perfect for readers of Nora Ephron, Caitlin Moran and India Knight.
320 pages, Paperback
Published May 5, 2022
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February 20, 2024
This was one of the books that caught my eye when I went to the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale on my birthday this year. My mind was set then: I'm going back to my hobbies (reading included) and embark on a journey of rediscovering myself... ish. One of the reviews at the back of the book said, "Hilarious... Cheaper than Botox and has no calories." I was sold. And I'm glad I picked this up & read it first because it was such a fun, witty read. A biography and a self-help book in one.
Since I'm still in my late 20s, I couldn't relate to some of the chapters, but I really found the anecdotes funny, nonetheless. Lots of food for thoughts — especially on accepting aging and death and weddings and separations.
One of my fave chapters was Mortal! because I was kind of real-talked about the fact that ultimately, we are all going to die. I, too, am going to die. And while reading this book, I realized that I am afraid of dying, and of my loved ones dying. One of the lines in the book said, "One day I'd have to let my mother go too, and Auntie, and perhaps others I could not bear to think about. Life was so precious, so fragile, so random; and still it was impossible to be grateful for it all the time."
To be honest, I haven't yet quite grasped the idea of death — how one person could be physically beside you one moment, and the next moment, they lay lifeless next to you; not breathing, not moving, not life-ing, nothing.
Indeed, life is precious. I hope we all spend the rest of our lives being grateful for everything & everyone we had, and still have — for the gift of health, of family, of friends. Tell your loved ones you love them. Because life is precious and short, and you never know who's next.
Since I'm still in my late 20s, I couldn't relate to some of the chapters, but I really found the anecdotes funny, nonetheless. Lots of food for thoughts — especially on accepting aging and death and weddings and separations.
One of my fave chapters was Mortal! because I was kind of real-talked about the fact that ultimately, we are all going to die. I, too, am going to die. And while reading this book, I realized that I am afraid of dying, and of my loved ones dying. One of the lines in the book said, "One day I'd have to let my mother go too, and Auntie, and perhaps others I could not bear to think about. Life was so precious, so fragile, so random; and still it was impossible to be grateful for it all the time."
To be honest, I haven't yet quite grasped the idea of death — how one person could be physically beside you one moment, and the next moment, they lay lifeless next to you; not breathing, not moving, not life-ing, nothing.
Indeed, life is precious. I hope we all spend the rest of our lives being grateful for everything & everyone we had, and still have — for the gift of health, of family, of friends. Tell your loved ones you love them. Because life is precious and short, and you never know who's next.
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