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

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They were going to get married, have babies, and spend the rest of their lives together, until they weren’t. Female friendships, the way some are domineering and will always show the 'my life is perfect', look at my Insta and look at my fancy wardrobe and stylised persona. 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.

And when it’s presented in a chick lit that feels like a delightful mix of rom-com and self-help book?Now, I wrote something about the horrors of dating in your late thirties which I doubt will ever see the light of day. When her business goes bust and her fiancé with it, Nell's happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over. Nell's housemate or landlord, Edward only stays at the house few days a week as he is married and has kids and visits them in the country over the weekends. As an Asian woman who’s suffered from anxiety for several years, I’ve experienced all kinds of prejudice throughout my life.

If anyone else feels like this (or just looking for a few good laughs) I highly suggest COAFSFU because it gives you a new outlook on things with laughter, connection and stellar writing as a soothing balm. Probabil că de aceea podcastul lui Nell, care spune lucrurilor pe nume, are un asemenea succes: pentru că femeile se regăsesc în cuvintele lui Nell despre cum ai tendința de a trage linie și de a calcula doar eșecurile, despre cum te compari mereu cu alții și ieși în dezavantaj, despre faptul că uneori n-ai chef de avocado și yoga ci de băut gin tonic la doză și de stat în pat, și despre cum te întrebi mereu: eu ce naiba fac cu viața mea? All her single friends are now married with children, a sky-high real estate market forces her to rent a room in a stranger’s house, and everyone has seemingly perfect Instagram-ready lives. But when it became about women everywhere (we are all f*ck ups, we’re all in this together), I felt disappointed.Interestingly, despite its title suggesting a niche appeal, readers across the board can resonate with this book. I actually read the first look of this over on Readers First and thought it was such an uplifting and fun book; and I felt that way for perhaps the first half, but then i just began to feel very cliche and the ending was just really disappointing for me. Facing a downward spiral all too quickly, Nell Stevens must deal with the demise of business, her impending marriage and the loss of her life in sunny California. But then I saw that a few women who reviewed this were childless and single in their forties and loved it. Ne kartą kartojama, kaip ji pastebi visas savo raukšleles, senstantį kūną ir visus kitus trūkumus, ir galbūt taip mąsto daugelis keturiasdešimtmečių, bet man šalia vartoti žodžius „sena“, „viskas jau prarasta“ ir „keturiasdešimties metų“ kažkaip sunkiai apsiverčia liežuvis.

Nell lands up writing obituaries, she meets Cricket an 80 year old widow and they soon make friends and become close. Výborné je delenie po mesiacoch v roku a tak hneď vieme, že je to jeden rok v živote našej hlavnej hrdinky.

Together they begin to help each other heal their aching hearts, cope with the loss of the lives they had planned, and push each other into new adventures and joy. Nell begins to see that her life isn’t so bad at all, in fact, she might even be a successful forty something! 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. When her business goes bust and her fiancé with it, Nell’s happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over. And when all else fails, will celebrity-scented candles, smashed avocados and Instagram filters save us?