Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up: The Funniest WTF AM I DOING? Novel of the Year (Confessions, 1)

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But things slowly begin to look up for Nell, who is determined to gain the upper hand over her changed life arrangements. As someone who is forty without the husband and children I’d always thought I’d have (and no real prospects on the horizon), I thought I’d finally found something I could relate to.

Alexandra Potter has created a wonderful character in Nell Stevens someone women of any age can identify with. There were some awkward conversations at the beginning with her mother as expected because her mum was still holding out hope for Nell to patch things up with her fiancée. Ne kartą kartojama, kaip ji pastebi visas savo raukšleles, senstantį kūną ir visus kitus trūkumus, ir galbūt taip mąsto daugelis keturiasdešimtmečių, bet man šalia vartoti žodžius „sena“, „viskas jau prarasta“ ir „keturiasdešimties metų“ kažkaip sunkiai apsiverčia liežuvis.

Norėjosi kitokios perspektyvos, šviežio žvilgsnio ar požiūrio taško, ypač turint omeny, kad knyga parašyta vos prieš tris metus, o pasaulis taip greitai keičiasi. That and she gained an adorable dog named Arthur that she’s responsible for when her landlord is gone, that loves to chase squirrels.

I loved her friendships with Cricket, Fiona and Arthur and I got so caught up in her life that I was telling my husband about her antics as if she was a real person. If I could put those things aside it would be a 5 star read for pure entertainment (and a few emotional tears). This book looks at that very situation with a good deal of humor and some insight into finding happiness. Jā, šis ir vieglais gabals, un sižets ir pozitīvs un paredzams, bet es tiešām pāris reizes iesmējos un sirds sažņaudzās vienubrīd, bet izrādījās, ka autore izvēlējās iet gludāko ceļu.She made the book a real joy to listen to and she has definitely been added to on my favorite narrators list! When Nell celebrates her 40th birthday it makes her realise this is not the life she had planned, friends around her are settled down with children and have new friends that enjoy play dates together. Friends that I used to have but don't have anymore and didn't even think about them for years until today and all I remember is all the fun that we used to have and nothing else. Că cel mai important lucru este sănătatea și viața și că nu-ți dai seama de asta până nu ești pe punctul de a le pierde. These titles have sold in twenty-two territories and achieved worldwide sales of more than one million copies (making the bestseller charts in the UK, US, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Serbia).