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Book SynopsisFrom the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple, enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on the indignities of middle age and how to weather them with grace: 'A pure pleasure to read' (Cathi Hanauer, author of Gone).
Do you hate the term “middle age?” So does Kristin van Ogtrop, who is still trying to come up with a less annoying way to describe those years when you find yourself both satisfied and outraged, confident and confused, full of appreciation but occasional disdain for the world around you. Like an intimate chat with your best friend, this mostly funny, sometimes sad, always affirming volume from longtime magazine journalist van Ogtrop is a celebration of that period of life when mild humiliations are significantly outweighed by a self-actualized triumph of the spirit. Finally!
Featuring stories from her own life, as well as anecdotes from her unwitting friends and family, van Ogtrop encourage
Trade Review
Joyous, wise, reassuring and laugh-out-loud funny. I love these two women so much. * Elizabeth Day *
I want to be like Fi and Jane when I grow up. * Clare Balding *
A book like no other. Honest and very, very funny. Some bits made me want to cheer - a sentence on parenting teenage girls was so good I may get it tattooed on myself, possibly in Hebrew. * Sara Cox *
If books were bubble baths... this was a truly luxurious read - filled with warmth, wit and wisdom. I enjoyed it so much that I actually felt guilty afterwards - books shouldn't be this enjoyable should they? Pages of poignancy, laughter and honest sharing. Fi and Jane are no better than they should be. And that's saying an awful lot. * Anita Anand *
Honestly these two will stop at nothing for attention. * Kirsty Wark *
You'll laugh, you'll nod your head so vigorously in agreement that you'll end up with whiplash and you'll buy a copy of this book for all your friends for Christmas. If you loved the late, great Victoria Wood, then you'll love Fi and Jane too. -- Sarra Manning * RED MAGAZINE *
Friends, comrades, naughty girls at the back of the class, Glover and Garvey adopt their trademark approach of "oh FFS why doesn't everyone just do one"... It made me howl and snort the G&T that I just knew was going to give me a 72 hour hangover if I had another one. -- Sam Baker * NOON *
The broadcasting duo are on fine form... I predict this will be a pre-Christmas hit in book and audio format, proving, once again, this pair's relevance. -- Patricia Nicol * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE *
Glover and Garvey are smart and perceptive with a dry sense of humour and a knack of hitting the nail squarely on the head... [the book is] wise, laugh-out loud funny and, just like the authors themselves, it never preaches.
-- Emma Lee Potter * SUNDAY EXPRESS S MAGAZINE *
Hilarious and perceptive * INSIDE SOAP *
If their radio incarnations are sensible and restrained, and their podcast selves freewheeling and prone to corpsing, the tone here lands somewhere in between. There is fluency and professionalism, but also intimacy and silliness that makes their podcast such a delight. To spend time with these two is to eavesdrop on a slightly sozzled, bracingly candid conversation between pals. -- Fiona Sturges * GUARDIAN - audiobook review *
