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Falling Flesh Just Ahead: And Other Signs on the Road Toward Midlife

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Lee's Falling Flesh Just Ahead is the funniest book I've ever read. Her humor makes you realize that it's okay to laugh at yourself and not take yourself too seriously. I bought seven additional copies, after reading mine, to give to friends. They all loved it! In this competitive world, women can place themselves under more pressure than ever before. At the same time, we have these strange things going on in our bodies. We can easily forget that there may be a very simple explanation. Instead, we become paranoid, and more stressed out. Lee Potts helps put things back into their proper perspective. One should read this book every six months, at least, just to remind ourselves that it's okay to laugh!

This book was right on - with exact details of the FUN of being a baby boomer that is close to 40. I laughed out loud at many of the comparasions. I love it!!

The only disappointment to be found in Falling Flesh Ahead is reaching the last page. I did not want it to end! Lee Potts has apparently remained completely undetected as she lurked in my bedroom, bathroom, and within many of my social encounters. I laughed so hard I had tears streaming down my face and my husband refused to remain in the room with me. This is an absolute MUST READ and I have already ordered 7 more to give as gifts. I am ten years older than the author, but found her book to be insightful, wildly funny, and refreshing. I read it at one sitting on Sunday night, and I am still chuckling. What a picker upper! Please, Ms. Potts, MORE - SOON!

Every one in awhile I find a book that far exceeds my expectations and becomes a personal favorite. When I was stocking up for reading material to take on vacation, one of the books I picked up was Falling Flesh Just Ahead And Other Signs On The Road Towards Midlife by Lee Potts. It was sitting there with a number of other paperbacks, the title looked funny, and some of the chapters looked amusing upon a quick glance. Little did I know how much I'd like this book...

You know you're into a good one when you start laughing out loud during the introduction. When the wife asks "what's so funny?" by page 2, it's a sure-fire hit. Lee Potts, a woman examining her move into "middle age", wrote this back in 1998. She's probably best compared to someone like Dave Barry without being so outlandish. Her writing style is laugh-out-loud funny, and everyone (male OR female) will be able to either relate or understand her observations. Reading her thoughts about her doctor palpitating her breasts during an exam ("This is the true definition of getting old, having to pay a man to feel my breasts") or reliving her attempt to shape up (gaining a gap between her thighs, only to find out her butt had sagged and now showed through) had me wishing the book would go on for 300 pages instead of the mere 165 it has. Unfortunately I can't see that she's written anything else. Too bad, as I'd be lining up to read it.

This may be the first book that both my wife and I have read and enjoyed equally. It's probably the funniest book I've read in the past year or so.

Lee shows us all the chapters of her "mid-life" highway in a touching and very humorous style. The prose is quick witted with often interjected "Lee-isms" that anyone can relate too. It is a quick read. I would like to meet that husband of hers, he sounds very interesting. Read this! You will laugh,cry and smile the whole time

Lee is one of the funniest people I know. I mean it when I say get ready to laugh.