Triggers: fat shaming, ODing jokes
Love the cover art. I'm 28 and I know not the targeted audience but this was...I don't know I felt offended by her callus jokes. I'm debating if people actually find this funny... I know aging is hard and I wish there were 'talks' to get you through it. There were generally funny lines.. it's her spin on situations she made jokes of that aren't worth telling.. Over dosing is not a punchline in your bad joke and telling someone that on her wedding day het bridesmaids arm fat would ruin the pictures is not okay.. I haven't read her books before but honestly I'm glad because if this is her since of humor I'm better without it..

Damn it Laurie! I love your other books so much that I go back and read them once a year. I’m in the age bracket for this book and I was so excited to read it. Then, I read it. I also read the posts on Fb where you shame people who don’t like the book. You’ve gone Portland girl. Some of the book was hilarious, some of it was so very “get off my lawn”.

You can and have done better. You spend an awful amount of time here punching down. That’s not the Laurie I know and love. I couldn’t care less about swearing, stealing, or anything else, why does it seem like you’re trying too hard. I’ll check out another book if you write one, but I’m pretty sure, I’m just going to miss the Laurie I loved.

Sorry NetGalley, but this just didn’t work for me.

I enjoyed this book. There were some laugh out loud moments and lots of nodding in agreement. But as I was moving toward the end of the book, I wasn’t sure that I really liked the book. I found that sometimes Notaro tried too hard to get a laugh, sometimes the book lapsed into silliness, and sometimes the book was too whiny. But when I got to the end of the book, I found that I wanted to read more. I could have read a longer book. Laurie Notaro had become a friend I would like to have coffee with. Ultimately the book was always entertaining and Notaro knows how to tell a story. This is a book well worth reading. Thank you to Netgalley and Little A for the digital review copy.

I have read and loved Laurie Notaro's humorous books since she and I were much younger. Now that we've reached 'old age', Laurie adeptly shares both the bad (aches and pains, creaky bodies), and the good (freedom to do and say things our younger selves would never have had the courage to try.)
This is truly another laugh out loud Notaro book!

I'm a fan of Notaro's work, "The Idiot Girl's Guide to Christmas" being my favorite. This latest book is a laugh-out-loud, spot-on take on midlife. Highly recommended for women who enjoy her previous work or need a pick-me-up read. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.