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

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Bits of this also reminded me of the movie, Bridesmaids but I didn't care because I love that movie.

But when she starts a secret podcast and forms an unlikely friendship with Cricket, an eighty-something widow, things begin to change. This is the one book I’ve found which is supposed to be about women like me, only to find out that it isn’t.The book is divided in terms of months of the year and significant moments in time in Nell’s life, such as New Year’s Day, Sunday Lunch, Easter Monday, Mothers Day and so on.

Neviem či by som rovno povedala, že má jedinecný zmysel pre humor či sebairóniu, ale tak uznávam, že 4 roky v Británii ma poznačili a tak je to asi skreslené. Biography: Alexandra Potter is the bestselling author of romantic comedy fiction novels in the UK, including Me and Mr Darcy. And I could relate to Nell quite a lot which is a credit to Potter writing her character really well. 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. But Nell gets over her predicament so quickly that it makes you wonder whether it was ever really a problem to begin with.Că societatea îți impune un anume model chiar dacă nu ți se potrivește și, de-a lungul timpului, te face să te îndoiești de tot ce crezi tu că ai realizat. 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. But the most unexpected surprise is when Nell strikes up a friendship with an eighty something year old widow whose husband she’s writing an obituary piece about. 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. 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.

Interestingly, despite its title suggesting a niche appeal, readers across the board can resonate with this book. Alexandra Potter has created a wonderful character in Nell Stevens someone women of any age can identify with. A funny and heartfelt novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here and why life isn't quite how she imagined it was going to be. Takže takto… áno, sú tu pasáže, ktoré sú úsmevné, sú tu aj pasáže dojemné, je tu niekoľko scén, ktoré stoja za spomenutie (viď nižsie) ale sú tu aj časti, ktoré sú stereotypné. Lebo táto čiperná 80-ročná dáma to má upratané (a je teda taký znalý radca pre mladšiu ženu)… áno, prišla o manžela a trpí tým, ale vie, že život treba aj trochu žiť aby mal zmysel.

Her voice was so easy to listen to and she made me laugh so much especially when Nell was being snarky or sarcastic. All her single friends are now married with children, sky-high rents force her to rent a room in a stranger’s house and in a world of perfect instagram lives, she feels like a f ck up. Roky nás presviedčali, že na tridsiate piate narodeniny ženská plodnosť vyletí von komínom, a ak sa dá veriť všetkému, čo sa píše, v päťdesiatke sa máme tešiť z nevďačných tínedžerov alebo začať gúgliť darcovstvo vajíčok.