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

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And here she Is single, childless, renting a room from the crazy man who tries to leave NO carbon footprint by counting toilet paper squares etc. Svet dokonalých životov na sociálnych sieťach v nej vyvoláva pocity ešte väčšej mizérie a osamelosti. Výborné je delenie po mesiacoch v roku a tak hneď vieme, že je to jeden rok v živote našej hlavnej hrdinky. Then when I saw a fab interview with the author on Instagram I gave in and used my audible credit on it.

From feeling like a failure to her trying to fit in and find her place in her family and her friend's lives to her self-pity to her resilience and picking up the pieces and trying to get back on track rather a new track. că poți fi fericită și mâncând avocado și sport pe pâine (ok, fără pâine) dar și pufuleți cu brânză și ciocolată și să te simți bine in pielea ta chiar dacă nu te mai încap aceleași haine. It made me incredibly angry and I thought, presumptuously, that other women in my position must be hating it - that the author totally missed her target audience. Savā ziņā šī grāmata ir kā slavenā Amerikas Fereras tēla runa no filmas " Bārbija" par to, kādas ir sabiedrības (un tevis pašas) ekspektācijas un cik reizēm sāpīgi ir tām neatbilst.Povedala to tak láskavo, až som sa takmer rozplakala Celý čas som to v sebe potláčala, snažila som sa tváriť statočne, dokonca to odľahčovať a žartovať. 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. Landing a job writing obituaries, Nell meets the fabulous Cricket, an 80-something widow with challenges of her own.

Nell lands up writing obituaries, she meets Cricket an 80 year old widow and they soon make friends and become close. An excellent quality audio; it's always refreshing to pick up the book and look forward to the voice, as well as the story as it continues.That's certainly the case for our forty-something protagonist, Nell, and we have a front-row seat to her grand rhapsody. Prísť o Montyho nie je ľahké, ale veľkú časť života som prežila prv, ako sme sa s nim sme sa spoznali, bol workoholik a často pracovne preč. Výborné sú aj pasáže kde sa rozoberá postavenie ženy a tlak spoločnosti na to, aby žena plnila rolu matky lebo to by mala byť jej “najvyššia ašpirácia”. Now, I wrote something about the horrors of dating in your late thirties which I doubt will ever see the light of day. The main changes she suggested were to make my protagonist more likeable (she should use her time as a single woman to help her mum friends) and to make it a book that explores what is it to be a woman.

Edward stays in the city during the week and leaves for the weekend to stay with his family and Nell figures the 3 days of freedom make up for the never ending furnace, electricity and toilet paper roll wars. Yorkshire born and raised, Alex currently lives in South-West London with Mr California and their Bosnian rescue dog and when she’s not spending time writing or travelling, she’s spending far too much time on Instagram being reminded that she should be exercising regularly, drinking enough water, practising mindfulness and feeling blessed. She sets out by writing 5 things she’s grateful for (well just one for now, she’ll have to work her way up to 5). 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.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.

I also loved Nell's relationship with her family especially her father and that bit towards the end scared me to bits. Vėlgi, suvokiu, kad gal ne man kalbėti, bet skaitant erzino pastovus pagrindinės veikėjos požiūris į savo išvaizdą. 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. They were going to get married, have babies, and spend the rest of their lives together, until they weren’t.Nell e amuzantă nu pentru că se pune singură în situații stânjenitoare (și chiar mi-a plăcut asta, faptul că lipsesc situațiile a la Stan și Bran care abundă în Bridget Jones, de ex), ci pentru că știe să mânuiască excelent o unealtă salvatoare: autoironia.