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Pamela Redmond Satran received a degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin. She eventually became the shoe and lingerie editor of Glamour magazine until she left in 1987. She is the author of five novels: The Man I Should Have Married, Babes in Captivity, Younger, Suburbanistas, and The mostrar mais Home for Wayward Supermodels. She is also the co-author of nine bestselling baby name guides with Linda Rosenkrantz, including Cool Names for Babies and The Baby Name Bible. She is the founder of the 800-member Montclair Editors and Writers (MEWS) group. Her title 30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She's 30 made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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I usually read the book first before a tv adaptation or movie adaptation to the book, this time however I had watched the whole series of younger to find out later that it was based of a book. I've had this book for a while and after binge watching the show for a second time I figured it's time to read the book.
I won't see here and compare the two except to say both were fun for me to watch and read.

In younger we meet Alice a forty something divorced mom who gave up her career that had barely begun to be a stay at home mom. Now divorced and her daughter living half way around the world Alice tries to get back to what she loved to do and that is work for a publishing company, however after being turned down numerous times her friend Maggie convinces her to let people assume she is young as she appears to be and just go with it and basically enjoy being in her twenties since she didn't get to do so the first time around at least not as a single career minded woman.

I enjoyed the book, as a mom myself also in my forties I could relate to a lot with the exception that I am not a stay at home mom. This was a fun and cozy read for the most part but also gives you moments of deep thought into your own life at least it was for me. It was cute and quirky.
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Enid007 | outras 8 resenhas | Feb 28, 2024 |
This sequel to Younger is a fast read. A clever guilty pleasure smoothly written filled with references to the TV land series based on the original Younger book. Younger dealt with a woman in her forties trying to reintroduce herself into the publishing world by pretending she is a twenty something millennial. The sequel follows the aftermath of revealing her true age as she approaches fifty. Won’t stick to your ribs but easy to digest.
 
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GordonPrescottWiener | outras 2 resenhas | Aug 24, 2023 |
I won't lie - I read this book solely because I love the t.v. show and haven't been able to watch it. And very clearly, that was a bad idea.

If you're like me and want to devour all media relating to your favourite things, beware! Not every book to t.v. adaption will be similar, so you may be left disappointed (like I was!). The television show has expanded wildly on the plots and characters in this book, so you will absolutely be left disappointed if you wanted a beat by beat replay.

Either way, this book was still cute and a very quick read.

Alice is a 40-something year old woman who gets mistaken for a 20-something year old woman and plays it up. She gets her old dream gig, gets a sexy man and tries her best to keep this secret. She meets the absolutely wonderful Josh - a young guy with a passionate dream and a life. She also has a best friend (who is a lesbian) who is wanting some babies in her life, while Alice has a 20-something year old daughter living her best life. With all this in mind, Alice has to figure out what she wants with her life and needs to figure out if she can continue living with this lie.

I found this book heavily focused on lying and the portrayal of older women. Are women discriminated against? Yep, absolutely! But I found that this book almost made light of it in a somewhat negative way. The way Alice talked in her head sat wrong with me, because she was agreeing with the comments she didn't agree with. I think this book is a step in the right direction for discussing some of the major issues about women, society, ageism and fertility, but I think it could have been done a little bit better.

I really wanted a happily ever after sort of book, but this book is not the romance you might hope it would be. It's definitely more of a commentary on what women should look for in life. You don't always need to get the guy, you need to make sure you're living your best life and being an honest person. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Yes, it's important... but can't we get a little happily ever after sometimes? I felt like this book just made me more depressed about getting older than excited for the adventures age can bring. Maybe the book was intended to leave us wondering or making our own ending, but I didn't enjoy it.

Since I've ranted about what I don't like, it's probably time to list some of the awesome qualities of this book:
1. This book moves fast and has an addicting writing style. I enjoyed Pamela's voice and wanted to continue reading.
2. Josh is an absolute gem and is written to be an absolute dream boat.
3. I liked that a lot of women's issues was brought up in this book. The more visibility, the better.

Overall, this book was a nice read to get my mind away from reality for a while. It might have made me a little sadder about the world, but it could definitely be enjoyed by other readers.

Although, I'll still take the television show over the book any day of the week.

Two out of five stars.
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Briars_Reviews | outras 8 resenhas | Aug 4, 2023 |
So I watched the show first, and I think that makes me quite biased. There are two TV shows I've watched in the last ten years and let's not talk about the other one and instead say it takes a lot to get me invested in something on a screen (seriously, how do you sit still?) So the book was already standing up against a good thing.

And it didn't hold up. It was novel, but I think it was novel due to having seen the show and finding the differences, but this almost read like someone was writing an overarching plotline and telling us what would happen. There were few real scenes with dialogue and momentum, and a lot more telling and explanation of how Alice felt.

I also made the mistake of reading the author notes and learning that the author decided to make Maggie a lesbian because that would be an easy way to explain her lack of husband and kids. Um... no. Lesbians can fall in love. Lesbians do fall in love. Lesbians have serious life partners and get married. Lesbians have kids. Just saying. Oh, how publishing has changed in 13 years; an editor would call her out on that today. I hope.

It was an extremely quick read though so there's that!
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whakaora | outras 8 resenhas | Mar 5, 2023 |

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