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DescriptionThe best-selling author of BRINGING UP B B investigates life in her forties, and wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face.When Pamela Druckerman turns 40, waiters start calling her Madame, and she detects a disturbing new message in mens gazes: I would sleep with her, but only if doing so required no effort whatsoever. Yet forty isnt even technically middle-aged anymore. And after a lifetime of being clueless, Druckerman can finally grasp the subtext of conversations, maintain (somewhat) healthy relationships and spot narcissists before they ruin her life. What are the modern forties, and what do we know once we reach them? What makes someone a grown-up anyway? And why didnt anyone warn us that wed get cellulite on our arms? Part frank memoir, part hilarious investigation of daily life, There Are No Grown-Ups diagnoses the in-between decade when... - Everyone you meet looks a little bit familiar. - Youre matter-of-fact about chin hair. - You can no longer wear anything ironically. - Theres at least one sport your doctor forbids you to play. - You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. - Your parents have stopped trying to change you. - You dont want to be with the cool people anymore; you want to be with your people. - You realize that everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently. - You know that its ok if you dont like jazz. Internationally best-selling author and New York Times contributor Pamela Druckerman leads us on a quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. A witty dispatch from the front lines of the forties, There Are No Grown-ups is a (midlife) coming-of-age story, and a book for anyone trying to find their place in the world.About the AuthorPamela Druckerman is a journalist and the author of four books including Bringing Up Bébé One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Shes also a contributing opinion writer at the New York Times.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Penguin Books
