Turning 40: Wit, Wisdom, and Whining (Plume) (Paperback)

~ William K. Klingaman (Author)
Key Phrases: turning forty, Universal Press Syndicate, Forty Something, New York (more...)

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A humorous look at turning forty offers readers advice on getting through the excruciating party, gifts, gags, and jokes, and offers information on the accomplishiments of people over forty. 25,000 first printing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Plume (July 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452268214
• ISBN-13: 978-0452268210
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #972,381 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Age is mind over matter. As long as you don't mind, it don't matter.", August 20, 2006

By	Lee Say Keng "KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURER/TECHNOLOGY... (Singapore) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The above tag line came from Mohammad Ali, the famous boxer who 'sting like a bee, float like a butterfly...'

I remembered I had bought this book about the time I had just crossed 40.

On the back page was this wonderful message: "Some of us age like old wine. Others don't get older, they get sharper. The idea is to think of your 40th birthday as the beginning of the rest of your life. This is the book that delivers the sure-fire, feel-great-about-it attitude you need - good advice, good laughs, & best of all, lots of good company."

That more or less summed up my only reason for buying the book.

The book contained a dazzling array of pearls of wisdom from Confucious to Zsa Zsa Gabor (Remember 'Green Acres'?). They shed more light than the candles on your cake.

My favourite chapter, among a few others, was 'Jack Benny: Forever 39': "No matter how often I tell people I'm thirty nine, some of them refuse to believe I'm that old."

If you are struggling through your mid-life-transitional years, like what I did in the early 90's, this book offers some great company!