Vroege RecensentenStephanie Dolgoff

Rocked by the realization that she's no longer considered young--no longer ogled, marketed cool things, nor "in the know"--a fabulously funny forty-something examines her "adult tween" years (30-45) and discovers that they are even better than being 21! When men stop making lecherous cat-calls and Spanx finds a home in your lingerie drawer, when marketers start targeting you for Activia instead of trendy music, when you are "ma'amed" outside of the deep South, and when you have to start wearing makeup to have that "I'm not wearing any makeup glow," it will dawn on you that somehow, someway, you have crossed the line into adult "tweenship," that middle place between party-all-night youth and the turn-that-racket-down stage of middle age. Blogger, writer, and all-around funny lady Stephanie Dolgoff calls this the "Formerly" stage of life, a state of mind and body that is poignant if you're paying attention, and hilarious, even if you're not. In this book, she wryly muses that comfort in your own skin (at last!), perspective, and peace of mind are what you gain, even as you start to lose the things you once thought were so key to a happy life. You may be formerly thin, formerly cool, formerly carefree, and formerly fashionable, but then, most women in their 30s and 40s can say with growing pride that they are also formerly anxious about their size and shape, formerly broke, formerly hungry all the time, and formerly focused on finding Mr. Right. Full of great humor about this wacky stage of life, and wonderful stories from her working-mother milieu, Dolgoff's insights will inspire and amuse, helping us see that though we may no longer be objectively fabulous, we can now do so many more things fabulously!