Did I Say That Out Loud?

Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them

De: Kristin van Ogtrop

Narrado por: Kristin van Ogtrop

From the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple, enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on the indignities of middle age and how to weather them with grace: "A pure pleasure to read" (Cathi Hanauer, author of Gone).
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Do you hate the term “middle age?” So does Kristin van Ogtrop, who is still trying to come up with a less annoying way to describe those years when you find yourself both satisfied and outraged, confident and confused, full of appreciation but occasional disdain for the world around you. Like an intimate chat with your best friend, this mostly funny, sometimes sad, always affirming volume from longtime magazine journalist van Ogtrop is a celebration of that period of life when mild humiliations are significantly outweighed by a self-actualized triumph of the spirit. Finally!

Featuring stories from her own life, as well as anecdotes from her unwitting friends and family, van Ogtrop encourages you to laugh at the small irritations of midlife: neglectful children, stealth insomnia, forks that try to kill you, t.v. remotes that won’t find Netflix, abdominal muscles that can’t seem to get the job done. But also to acknowledge the things you may have lost: innocence, unbridled optimism, smooth skin. Dear friends. Parents. It’s all here: the sublime and the ridiculous, living together in the pages of this book as they do in your heart, like a big messy family, in this no-better-term-for-it middle age.

Truly Funny and Real

Thr book hit home. laughed and smiled. felt at times it was my life story.

Pretty good.

As a woman of a certain age, Kristin gets all the things exactly right. Her take on life is extremely relatable. Her reading of her work is ok. She doesn’t get the cadence and inflections just right. I probably would have enjoyed this book more if I had read the hard copy.

Fascinating

Relatable but also very insightful thoughts on ageing, family, and life. The performance was wonderful (which sometimes is not the case when it's the author reading). Very much worth your time.

Just loved this book

Loved everything about this book!!! Kristin is funny and smart and the book revealed much about her personality and midlife. I related to so many things in this book, So enjoyable!

Telling Friends

What a nice distraction while home with covid. Will look for another of her books.