From Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler, the acclaimed authors of The Hookup Handbook and Friend of Frenemy?, comes Your So-Called Life—a must-have, hilarious, and absolutely unique bible for any woman in her late 20s and 30s who’s making the big move into real adulthood. With invaluable ideas and advice from a host of experts—from former Top Chef host and celebrity chef Katie Lee to dating expert Rachel Greenwald to Bank of Mom and Dad host Farnoosh Torabi—Your So-Called Life is ideal for every young woman at a crossroads, looking for a career, a soulmate, a home.
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Lavinthal and Rozler (The Hookup Handbook), build on the meaning of the quarterlife crisis first defined in the 2001 eponymous book with a mildly irreverent exploration of a person's late 20s and early 30s, a transition time marked by a growing restlessness and "Redo-Berty" (Puberty Part Deux), where a wealth of choices, options, and expectations can overwhelm. Lavinthal and Rozler seek to offer these lost, aging souls comfort, fun, and "frank girl talk," with humorous yet serious advice on dating, love, career, and growing up, as the authors did, with a pop culture perspective (they take their title from a mid-90s TV show that, despite its one-season run, has attained cult status). With chapters like "Renter, Owner, or Squatter: A Place to Call Home" and "Hooking Up, Shacking Up, and Marrying Up: The State of Your Love Life," they bring a number of life lessons to quarterlifers in the hopes of easing the rocky transition from watching The Real World to living in it.
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Now that you're approaching 30—or just getting over the trauma of the big 3-0—reality has set in. You're about to be an adult, minus the air quotes. But you don't have to do it alone.
Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler will help you enter true adulthood looking and feeling good in the only way they know how: with tons of wit and wisdom. Featuring interviews with nearly thirty experts—including doctors, career counselors, and financial planners—this handy, helpful book guides women through their second bout of growing pains and offers advice on:
- how to manage a difficult boss.
- how to deal with your ticking biological clock (if such a thing even exists).
- how to throw the perfect party in your tiny new apartment without breaking the bank.
- how to enjoy a Friday night as a seventh wheel with your married friends and their husbands.
Your So-Called Life is the bible for all “post-quarter-life crisis” women who need guidance transitioning into the real world with smarts and savvy.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Niky Roberts
Format:Paperback
Ugh. This book...I'm not a fan. The only reason I forced myself through it was because I paid for it. I'm 32 and I found the book to be both exhausting and grating. The authors constantly wink at their audience via an absurd amount of parenthetical notes and "me too" references to Beverly Hills 90210, Zach Morris and Care Bears, among countless others. The contrived humor of the authors ventures into sheer idiocy when they refer to Plato as the "O.G. deep thinker" (p23) and Martha Stewart as "M-Dawg" (p60). There are a few inspired kernels of knowledge offered by doctors and professionals if you can get past the first 100 pages, but man, good luck with that.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Such a terrific read for ANYONE feeling the presence of the 30 something gorillas in the room...the ones no one talks about or tells you they see too!
These ladies find a way to make sense of, shed light on and make you smile about life's everyday dramas in such an endearing way. Be prepared to smile a lot, tear up a bit and generally feel better about the million plus thoughts that run through your mind daily.
These ladies find a way to make sense of, shed light on and make you smile about life's everyday dramas in such an endearing way. Be prepared to smile a lot, tear up a bit and generally feel better about the million plus thoughts that run through your mind daily.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Deirdre
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This clever guide to life in your thirties will have you laughing out loud. I too am in my early thirties so the points about relationships, friendships, careers, and body issues really hit home. And the cute references from tween/teenage years left me with a twinge of nostagia (think home perms!)
It's a quick read that will leave you feeling good about being in your thirties and helps you realize that you are not alone in dealing with all of the issues you "should" have figured out by now!
It's a quick read that will leave you feeling good about being in your thirties and helps you realize that you are not alone in dealing with all of the issues you "should" have figured out by now!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and Real! (But no motherhood chapter)
I really enjoyed this book and the fact that it's both humorous and real to women's lives! It's very true to our generation (ages 26 to 34), and as someone about to be 30, I was... Read more
Published on November 19, 2010 by BookReviewer1
5.0 out of 5 stars
Right on target
I saw this book at my local bookstore and thought it looked like a fun read for a rainy weekend. I was right! Super fun and right on target. Read more
Published on October 4, 2010 by JAB
5.0 out of 5 stars
Your So Called Life
This was a quick, entertaining read.
I bought this book because my cousin wrote it. Given that I'm a guy, I didn't expect to be so entertained, but I was. Read more
I bought this book because my cousin wrote it. Given that I'm a guy, I didn't expect to be so entertained, but I was. Read more
Published on October 3, 2010 by Brad Aronson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Witty and With It
This book is smart, funny and has it totally together. Everything you hoped you would be at 30. But-if you (like me) don't quite have it together yet, you are not alone. Read more
Published on October 3, 2010 by Caroline H.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it!
If you are in your 30s you will love this book! It's a fun, fast read, and having read it will make you smile as you head out to deal with some of the very same situations they... Read more
Published on October 2, 2010 by Jessica
3.0 out of 5 stars
It had so much promise...
I heard Andrea Lavinthal interviewed on the radio and HAD to get the book. It sounded so great! Unfortunately, I am having a really hard time getting past all of the grammar... Read more
Published on September 26, 2010 by S. Rothstein
