Amy NobileRecensioni

This is a great book for women who have gone through similar experiences. I thought it would be accessible for women who were:
* Without children
* Never married

But it really isn't that kind of book. The ideal reader for this book is a
* Woman over 40
* With kids
* Marriage or gone through a Divorce
* Woman who has had plastic surgery or botox
* Woman focused on not looking her age / dating

I am not this woman. But it may be a great read for someone who falls in those categories.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read it.

The authors focus a little too heavily on motherhood, with faint lip service to women who've decided to remain child free. This was a preview copy, and I noticed a few survey quotes repeated. The book is busy graphically, lots of differently coloured pages and side bars. I did identify with some of the lists of midlife problems, but at least living alone I have the self care/me as priority on lock down (at least insofar as others don't take priority except in crisis situations). Very heteronormative, by the end I was reading it out of curiosity as to what odd things they'd say next.

Witty and hilarious, this is the guidebook to our "middle years" that I'm sure our predecessors wish they had. I would give this as a gift to my friends, for sure. I received this book in a LibraryThing Early Reviewer giveaway and I'm grateful I did!

I received this book and let my mom have it since she is more in the age range for it. She enjoyed it very much. She was able to relate. I would recommend it and I can't wait to read it myself.

A bit of fluff. Think O Magazine in book form, then dumb it down a little. I love self-help, but there's nothing worth your time and attention here. A few moments of recognition were few and far between. Based on the title you'd think it's all beauty advice, which it's not, but the beauty chapter is the WORST. If you're in your 50s and worrying about your pubic grooming (or, worse, what your waxer *thinks* about your pubic grooming), then I don't know what to tell you, lady. A chapter with some vague admonitions about "finding your purpose" is not going to turn you into a person of substance at this late date.

I received a free copy of this book from Chronicle Books, via the LibraryThing "Early Reviewers" program.

The writing style for this book is breezy and humorous.

This book seems to be addressed to a specific reading audience, which I would define as upper-middle-class, middle-aged working women -- usually traditionally married with children.

I appreciated the emphasis on maintenance of physical fitness as critical to growing older successfully. In particular, the attention given to brain health is valuable.

An index would have been very helpful, but was not included.½

I love being in my forties. My life and my body aren't perfect, but my forties have taught me that IT'S OKAY. I'm comfortable with who I am, what I am, and where I'm going. I'm comfortable in my own skin. That's why the book, Just When You're Comfortable in Your Own Skin, It Starts to Sag was one I knew I had to read.

SYNOPSIS
I was fortunate to receive a free copy from the publisher, Chronicle Books. The authors, Amy Nobile and Trisha Ashworth, have written two previous books about other stages in life, I Was A Really Good Mother Before I Had Children and I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper. This quick read was filled with the voices of lots of women just like me who are in the middle of their life and are reinventing what it all means. I loved how honest the authors were. They didn't sugar coat anything. They didn't make you feel like you're doing it all wrong, or that there is only one best way to succeed through this next phase of life. Reading this book, I felt empowered and validated. Some of the topics include:

the balance between aging kids and aging parents
redefining body image
the truths about menopause
relationship resets
finding yourself
finding your (new) passion
I didn't relate to every single chapter, well, not yet anyway. But if I'm not going through it, chances are someone in my tribe is. Reading and understanding what we all go through, the challenges we face at this stage of life is helpful. It doesn't have to be something that we dread. It doesn't have to be something that we try to avoid or pretend is there. Reading glasses and bad feet and saggy boobs aren't the end of the world. They're just something new to adjust to. There is strength and power in the knowledge that you are not alone as we face the challenges in this stage of life and this book does a great job of providing just that.

REVIEW
If you aren't at least somewhere in your forties or beyond, chances are you aren't ready for this book yet. But if you are sitting in the middle of mid-life, let's say between 40-60 years young, I think you'll have lots to take away from this book. Personally, I enjoyed this book. It wasn't heavy or wordy or filled with long, drawn-out explanations. This book is an encouragement, a "you're not alone" self-help book. The edges of most pages are filled with quotes from women across the country expressing their truths about mid-life. This book encourages you to find your happiest self, to look forward to all your life still has to offer.

Definitely not what I was expecting. The title is not indicative of what is in the text. It is more about dealing with life of a soccer mom, which is NOT reality for most of us. Hugely disappointed.

Despite being the target market, this book has nothing to offer me. I tried to skim for something credible, but it is full of superficial palaver.
There are quotes from everyday real women on almost every page. Two that I found -
- I’m where I thought I’d be. And part of me is disappointed.
- I’m where I thought I’d be in this point in my life and part of me is disappointed.