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A review by nina_rod
Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning by Claire Dederer
3.0
“Seattle is a place where you are not supposed to emote. You are supposed to endure.” One of my favorite lines in the book and there were many. Bonus, this author lived in my neck of the woods, however her being in a more upscale neighborhood. (Stuck up snob.)
I could probably write the opposite of this book. The author took great pains in turning 40. Her body was not what it used to be and she wasn’t getting as much attention from men as she used to. And oh boy does she go into the attention she used to get from men. It was raw, honest and brave. I’m hoping her children and husband never read her book.
I, on the other hand, took great joy in turning 40. I slipped into invisibility as a non-threatening female behind the sexless minivan. I found it liberating, not soul-crushing. I liked the way this book was organized... bringing order to random musings. If I knew the writer in real life, I would have called her a bitch. But I was glad to know she had other women she called bitches too (those Saint Anne’s Brooklyn girls).
I loved reading her book like I loved Facebook stalking an open profile of a person I know I’d never be Facebook friends with. Although we both loved ‘A Room With A View’ and had a fascination with Mormons, so there’s that.
I could probably write the opposite of this book. The author took great pains in turning 40. Her body was not what it used to be and she wasn’t getting as much attention from men as she used to. And oh boy does she go into the attention she used to get from men. It was raw, honest and brave. I’m hoping her children and husband never read her book.
I, on the other hand, took great joy in turning 40. I slipped into invisibility as a non-threatening female behind the sexless minivan. I found it liberating, not soul-crushing. I liked the way this book was organized... bringing order to random musings. If I knew the writer in real life, I would have called her a bitch. But I was glad to know she had other women she called bitches too (those Saint Anne’s Brooklyn girls).
I loved reading her book like I loved Facebook stalking an open profile of a person I know I’d never be Facebook friends with. Although we both loved ‘A Room With A View’ and had a fascination with Mormons, so there’s that.