This book is pretty good for what it is, andmanages toavoid most(though not all) of the chick-lit cliches. Displaced New jersey homemaker Alice Green has always been blessed to look several years younger than her actual age. When her best friend gives her a makeover one New year's eve, they decide that Alice, whose dentist husband whas recently left her for his hygeinist and whose daughter has up and joined the Peace Corps, may as well not disabuse people of the idea that she's 29 or therabouts, instead of 44, her real age. A new young boyfriend and a job at the same New York publishing house whe had worked at 2 decades earlier(nearly all the other staff has since turned over)ensues. Of course it can't continue, but it's great fun along the way.

took this book out of the Potluck Bookbox II

A quick, fun read. The writing style was a little cheesy at times but the overall story made up for the lack of solid story telling.

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will be handing to dabercro when I see her tomorrow.

Received from Aberpeter when I visited her. Thanks.

A quick, easy read. Not the best written story but it did bring up some important issues. Being of the "older" generation it made me think about what it would be like to go back 20+ years and start all over. I decided that I would not want to go back!!

It addressed the issue of age discrimination particularly in returning to the workforce after being a stay at home mom. Alice was able to get hired at a company she had interviewed at earlier by using the same resume and just eliminating the years she had actually graduated, etc. By allowing people to assume she was younger than she was, doors that would have been closed to her were opened. I also felt it was eye-opening for Alice to see the changes in the social scene from when she was in college. Alice's conscience really bothered her because she was lying and making herself out to be something she wasn't to the people that had befriended her.

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Sending to MyssCyn in TX as a THANK YOU for the great labels!

Thank you! I've wanted to read this book for a while now (I love the cover ~ silly, huh?)
I really appreciate the gift.

The "Midlife Crisis" on the cover made me pick up this book again after trying to read it months ago.
The story line is cute at times. The writing is easy to read.
This is a what I consider a summer beach read.
Totally unbelievable story but a decent book to pass the time.

Thanks again to dabercro for the RABCK.

Oh, yay. I love it when a wish list book pops up -- not that you'd think it's hard, given the size of my wish list. But it doesn't happen as much as it used to. My wish list is old.

Anyway, I am super grateful to see this arrive here at Chez West of Mars. Not to mention the cool labels -- they are HUGELY appreciated, MyssCyn! As I pass this kindness forward, expect to see these labels around...

Ahh, so that's why I have a different cover... this book has been sitting in my house for about 10 years, waiting for me. And maybe I should have read it 10 years ago, when I was, myself, younger because now that I'm a little bit older than Alice and also single, I felt like while this was entirely readable and even hard to put down, it was a total fantasy that required a suspension of disbelief that I just can't get behind.

So I'd say this book definitely has an expiration date -- you gotta read it before you're Alice, otherwise the hope that's vital to the plot just rings too false. This is the fantasy of a younger woman, afraid for what might be and hopeful of an outcome like what Alice gets, complete with redemption.

It's not the reality for us women like Alice. And that's it's fatal flaw.