Two best friends offer a girlfriends guide to midlife and share practical tips and valuable resources to help readers make the most of their own lives after 50. Best friends Kate Klimo and Buffy Shutt are prototypical baby boomer womentheyve both gotten married, had kids, built their careers, and somehow managed to juggle it all. But as Kate and Buffy approached 50, they suddenly found themselves facing a whole new set of challenges for which they were surprisingly ill-prepared. Buffy suddenly lost her high-powered corporate joband had to forge a new identity (and career) for herself. Kates world was turned upside down when her ailing mother came to live with her family. So these two best friends did what theyd always done: they banded together to figure out this new chapter of their lives. With their friendship as a guide, they found they could handle more than theyd ever thought possible. Full of expert advice, resources, exercises, and lots of smart, funny banter, COMING OF AGE.... ALL OVER AGAIN is a welcome guide to midlifechatty, inside information on everything that boomers face when they hit their 50th birthday.
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"Kate and Buffy bemoan clingy kids and clueless husbands ... in a chatty, girlfriend-to-girlfriend style." -- Library Journal
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Kate Klimo is the VP and Publisher of Random House Young Readers Group and the author of 2 previous books. She lives in Upstate New York. Buffy Shutt is a partner in Shutt Jones Productions, a film and television production company based at Universal Studios. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.
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A transformative experience awaits the women lucky enough to read this book!,
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I attended a workshop hosted by the authors and was blown away by how this book affected me. I love its practical advice on how to organize the second half of one's life and also the message of sisterhood-- we're all growing old together! As a result, I have purchased this book for all my closest girlfriends as Christmas gifts and plan to host regular tea parties (as suggested in the book) to work our way through the exercises together with my buddies. So boil up some Earl Grey and pass out the plates for a slice of life for women approaching a certain age (or those of us who are already there but lie about it!)
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What a lovely book! I found reading this book to be like having lunch with two slightly older, and wiser friends. I came away with so much useful information, as well as a comforting sense of affirmation--these are things we all need to remember, things that we all go through. As a woman in my early thirties, I honestly wasn't sure how much of the book would apply to me, but I was pleasantly surprised. Topics of balancing your work/personal life, maintaining the sparkle in your marriage, and dealing with aging parents all seemed perfectly suited to things I think and worry about. I'm sure it will bear re-reading as I get older, as well. Possibly the best part of the book is that the authors strike a nice balance with the advice--it's never preachy, and their fallible examples from their own lives make sure of that. I'll definitely buy it as a gift!
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Lots of good ideas,
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There are so many great ideas to explore and think about in this book. The authors cover a wide variety of concerns that you may or may not have thought about. I especially like that they give you steps or methods to follow on your own. It's not a book that you need to read cover to cover all at once so you can be selective about when and what you want to discover about your own journey.
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Kate Dear Kate, New York, Buffy Dear Buffy, All Oer, Super Seniors, Los Angeles, Sparkle Bright, United States, White-Coat Willies, Edge Behaviors, Family Table, Golden Duo, Cranky Crones, Tai Chi, All Cver, Anna Marie, Henry Holt, Inner Guidance Counselor, Mama Annie, Our Own Private Iowa, Sounds True, Strong Women, What's Dour Name Ayiri New!
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- Sailing Alone around the World (Penguin Classics) by Joshua Slocum on page 29
- Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert on page 24
- How Many? (Slide and See Books) by Rh Value Publishing on page 233
- Not Buying It : My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine on page 207
- A Death in the Family: Dealing With Grief's Slow Wisdom by Jr., Garnett C. Brown on page 162
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