Between a Rock and a Hot Place - Why Fifty Is the New Fifty

Zusatztext "Between a Rock and a Hot Place is sexy! witty! energizing! smart! and full of terrific advice?. Run! do not walk! to get the book! and then call your nutritionist! your GYN! your health club! your nearest Whole Foods! your mothers and daughters! and tell them all about it." Informationen zum Autor A screenwriter for seventeen years, Tracey Jackson has written and sold films to all the major studios. She blogs on her own website and for the Huffington Post . She lives in New York City with her husband, Glenn Horowitz, and two daughters. You can follow her on Twitter @ TraceyJackson4. Klappentext As she approached her fiftieth birthday, Tracey Jackson found herself bombarded by a catchphrase on everyone’s lips: “Fifty is the new thirty.” With a comedy writer’s training and a screenwriter’s eye for detail, Jackson skewers that particular myth with a hilarious, bare-knuckled, and ultimately practical appraisal of what middle age really means today. Jackson not only faces the elephant in the room, she puts it under a (very large) microscope, confronting the truth about death, work, and sex in what the French call the “third age.” Zusammenfassung "Laugh-out-loud funny." — O! the Oprah magazine "Tracey Jackson confronts the speed bumps of life with wit! brilliant insights! and...common sense.... Between a Rock and a Hot Place is more than a good read! it’s good company." —John Berendt! author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Hollywood screenwriter Tracey Jackson ( The Guru! Ashes to Ashes! The Other End of the Line! The Ivy Chronicles! Confessions of a Shopaholic ! and others)! delivers a funny! fearless! no-holds-barred look at what it really means to turn 50 today. Offering insight into the joys! hurdles! and life lessons surrounding the half-century mark! Jackson explores topics as wide-ranging as hormone replacement therapy! online dating! lifts! nips! tucks! libidos! finances! coping with death! and preparing for the future. ...

Product details

• Authors: Tracey Jackson
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.02.2012
• EAN: 9780061669286
• ISBN: 978-0-06-166928-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Biography: general, Memoirs, Humour, General and world history, Gender studies: women and girls, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Biography: science, technology and medicine, HISTORY: Social History, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / General, SELF-HELP: Self-Management / General, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Memory Improvement, SELF-HELP: General, SELF-HELP: Motivational & Inspirational, HISTORY: Women, HUMOR: Topic / Animals, SELF-HELP: Self-Management / Stress Management, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Research, Coping with / advice about stress, Coping with / advice about ageing