Between a rock and a hot place [electronic resource] : why fifty is not the new thirty / Tracey Jackson.
A funny, fearless, no-holds-barred look at aging--hormone replacement therapy, online dating, eye lifts, and all. As she approached her fiftieth birthday, Tracey Jackson found herself bombarded--at the gym, at parties, in conversations with friends--by a catchphrase on everyone's lips: "Fifty is the new thirty." The new aphorism had apparently bloomed out of a collective sense of denial, masking the true fears of a generation unwilling to relinquish their youth. With a comedy writer's training and a screenwriter's eye for detail, Jackson skewers the myth in a hilarious and ultimately practical appraisal of what middle age really means today. Turning fifty is a wake-up call--but one that can be greeted with a plan.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062042422 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0062042424 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, c2011.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Fifty years of fifty -- Menopause or menostop? -- Sex, estrogen and not so much rock and roll -- If I'm thirty, why do I need a colonscopy? -- If she's fifty, chances are Alice doesn't work here anymore -- The biggest pink slip you will ever get -- You don't look fifty -- I didn't mean to spend it all -- Maddening men -- Ready or not, here death comes -- The flashlight at the end of the tunnel. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Middle-aged women > Psychology. Aging. Jackson, Tracey. |
Genre: | EBOOK. Electronic books. |