oA funny, seasoned take on dashed illusions.o-O Magazinea
oI love everything Meredith Maran writes. She is insightful, funny, and human, and the things she writes about matter to me deeply. Her memoir,aThe New Old Me,ais a book I don’t just want to read-I need to read it. So does everyone else who’s getting older and wants to live fully, with immediacy and enjoyment, which is to say, everyone.o-Anne Lamott,aauthor ofaHallelujah Anyway
For readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman comes one woman'salusty, kickass,apost-divorce memoir of starting over at 60 in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood.
After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life’s savings, andathe collapse of her once-happy marriage,aMeredith Maran leaves heraSan Franciscoafreelance writer’s life for a 9-to-5 job in Los Angeles. Determined to rebuild not only her savings but also herself while relishing the joys of life inaLa-La land,aMaran writes oa poignant story, a funny story, a moving story, and above all an American story of what it means to be a woman of a certain age in our timeoa(Christina Baker Kline, number-oneaNew York Times-bestselling author ofaOrphan Train).
Praise for The New Old Me-
oHigh time we had a book that celebrates becoming an elder! Meredith Maran writes of the difficulties of loss and change and aging, but makes it clear that getting on can be more interesting, more fun, and a lot more exciting than youth.o-Abigail Thomas,aauthor of theaNew York TimesabestselleraWhat Comes Next and How to Like It a oBy turns poignant and funny, the book not only shows how one feisty woman coped with a ‘Plan B life’ she didn’t want or expect with a little help from her friends. It also celebrates how she transformed uncertainty into a glorious opportunity for continued late-life personal growth. A spirited and moving memoir about how ‘it’s never too late to try something new.'o-Kirkus
