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The New Old Me: My Late-Life Reinvention
Written by Meredith Maran
Narrated by Christina Delaine
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
For readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a post-divorce memoir, one woman's story of starting over at 60-in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood.
After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life's savings, and the collapse of her once-happy marriage, Meredith Maran-whom Anne Lamott calls "insightful, funny, and human"-leaves her San Francisco freelance writer's life for a 9-to-5 job in Los Angeles. Determined to rebuild not only her savings but herself while relishing the joys of life in La-La land, Maran writes "a poignant story, a funny story, a moving story, and above all an American story of what it means to be a woman of a certain age in our time" (Christina Baker Kline, number-one New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train).
After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life's savings, and the collapse of her once-happy marriage, Meredith Maran-whom Anne Lamott calls "insightful, funny, and human"-leaves her San Francisco freelance writer's life for a 9-to-5 job in Los Angeles. Determined to rebuild not only her savings but herself while relishing the joys of life in La-La land, Maran writes "a poignant story, a funny story, a moving story, and above all an American story of what it means to be a woman of a certain age in our time" (Christina Baker Kline, number-one New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train).
Author
Meredith Maran
Meredith Maran is the author of several books of nonfiction, including the bestsellers What It's Like to Live Now, Ben & Jerry's Double Dip, and Class Dismissed. She writes regularly for such publications as Self, Parenting, Utne Reader, Tikkun, Bride's, Mother Jones, Teacher, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The San Jose Mercury News.
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Reviews for The New Old Me
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I have always enjoyed books by Meredith Maran. They are compulsively readable; oftentimes fun, engaging, full of empathy and pizazz. The New Old Me has all of these characteristics with a heap of sadness and rawness to it given that it was written about her divorce and move to another city. Ms. Maran allows us to see how she makes her way through the anxiety and terror of being on her own again, away from her friends and the comforting rhythms of her life in San Francisco. Not only as a single woman but also as a older woman looking for work in a town that prizes youth. One of the best parts of the book is her quest for new friends. It was a hoot reading about her conscious decision to find friends through other friends and acquaintances and, wow, was that brave. I have recently moved to a new town and though slowly meeting people this gave me an entirely new way to look at friendships and companionship. I hope I have the nerve to follow in her footsteps.Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to review this book for an honest opinion.