Did I Say That Out Loud? by Kristin Van Ogtrop

Did I Say That Out Loud? by Kristin Van Ogtrop

Enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on the indignities of middle age and how to weather them with grace--from the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple. A pure pleasure to read. (Cathi Hanauer, author of Gone)

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.

Just Let Me Lay Down: Essential Words for the Half-Insane Working Parent is written by Kristin van Ogtrop. She is a literary agent at InkWell Management and was previously the editor-in-chief of Real Simple and a columnist for Time's The Amateur. Her work has appeared in a variety of journals, including The Bitch in the House, a New York Times bestseller collection. She is a mother of three and a wife, but she adores her dogs more than anybody else.

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ISBN 13	9780316497497
ISBN 10	0316497495
Title	Did I Say That Out Loud?
Author	Kristin Van Ogtrop
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Spark
Year published	2021-04-13
Number of pages	336
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