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Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial

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Author: Nicole Hollander
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1

ISBN: 0767926536
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5402
EAN: 9780767926539
ASIN: 0767926536

Publication Date: September 18, 2007
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
pOne of America#8217;s funniest women asks, #8220;If sixty is the new fifty, when do I get to be thirty again?#8221;/ppNicole Hollander grew up in the nineteen-fifties, when women of a certain age put on weight, got a really tight perm, and rode the backs of their house slippers into the ground.Oh, for those uncomplicated good olddays.Today, your fifties and sixties are deemed your most creative years#8212;you can#8217;t lie around like a slug unless you suddenly want to be seventy with nothing to show for it.Luckily, in iTales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial/i, Nicole, creator of the beloved iSylvia/i comic strip and one of the pioneers of the genre of humor about women and their cats, guides us through the important decisions that come in one#8217;s mature years: Accept the senior citizen discount or feign indignation? Get plastic surgery orjust a really good haircut? brbrNicole applies herironic wit to such topics as whether to lobby Harry Winston for a foundation to provide chauffeur-driven cars and diamonds to women over fifty or instead focus on finding a chateau to buy in France and turning it into the first nail spa in the Loire Valley or perhaps a shelter for French strays. She tackles a range of female obsessions: men, friendship, beauty, money, weight, and a few peculiar obsessions of her own, such as researching loft-size mausoleums with huge mobile homes your family can stay in when they come to lay flowers or angry notes on your grave, the very latest thing in burial arrangements. brbrWith wicked humor and fantastic riffs that take you places you never expected to go, iTales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial /iis like Nicole#8217;s idea of heaven: tiny cupcakes served continuously./p

Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

COME ON LADIES, ENJOY! November 15, 2008
Sit down with a cup of tea on a rainy afternoon and have a light-hearted time reading this book. I felt like Nicole was in the room with me having a chat. I'm recommending it to my friends and clients who are of a certain age. You won't be disappointed except that it's a fast read and over too soon! Pamela D. Blair, author The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Mid-Life and Beyond

5 out of 5 stars

Hooray for Hollander September 12, 2008
Like they say, old age is not for sissies. But it doesn't have to be concentrated on how trying it is deal with. Hollander covers all the awful stuff with lots of wit and sass. Read the mopey books about body and mind deterioration if you must, but read this, too, for some perspective and a good laugh. Then go out and get a new pair of rhinestone frames for your bifocals.

5 out of 5 stars

Rats! April 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I hate it when someone takes all the good lines. (I have this feeling every other week.) But Nicole Hollander's book, "Tales of Graceful Aging," takes the cake. She has covered it all, from hair to hearing to hot flashes. (Remember them?). She has done the impossible. She's found humor in aging. (Even saying the word hurts.) If her cartoons are pithy and concise, the book is, well, nothing short of hilarious. It's a great, right-on read. It resonates. It sings. It's the real deal.

5 out of 5 stars

A Wise, Hilarious book November 15, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Nicole Hollander has been a national treasure for years; this may be her best, most important book. As usual, it's very, very funny, full of the kind of mad social commentary that's kept the Sylvia strips cumpulsory reading for so many years. But in this book, she gets closer to the bone, discussing the possibility of a full, rich, life after (fill in your number here.) br /br /A must-read for boomers who like to laugh!br /

4 out of 5 stars

Funny October 20, 2007
This kept me laughing at the dr. office so that they came to check on me.

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