29 and Counting : A Chick's Guide to Turning 30
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0809229374 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. In this irreverent Chick's Guide to Turning 30, Julie Tilsner guides readers through the five stages of fear, denial, bargaining, the countdown, and the great beyond. She also offers some tips on affordable ways to cope with the pressure--including "group bitch" sessions and subscriptions to the Good Vibrations catalog--and how to deal with related anxieties about your professional and romantic destiny
Julie Tilsner is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and a former editor at Business Week. She lives with her husband (whom she met on a kibbutz) and new baby girl.. She's written articles for the New York Times, Linguafranca, the Los Angeles Times, POV, and Women's Wire
Humorous, but insubstantial Tilsner's book gave me a few good chuckles, but there's not much substance to it. It left me with the feeling of "Is that all?" Although I'm definitely a member of Tilsner's generation, and can identify with her humor, I was turned off by Tilsner's constant references to her friends and herself. She even plugs a friend's website in the book--a gesture I found somewhat unsavory. If you're looking for something thoughtful and informative, this book isn't it. But, if you're looking for humor a. Danielle said half depressing/half enlightening. On the verge of half depressing/half enlightening On the verge of 30, I started to seek out books to help me survive the crisis of it all. Judging from the reviews, this book looked like it would fit the bill. It did somewhatI say that because, well, it actually almost didn't.I found the first half of this book to be depressing, reminding me that I wasn't a young doe anymoreugh! But, the second half helped to redeem the book in my eyes, explaining why 30 was so great. You can't tell that this half and half action will happen by reading the. 0, I started to seek out books to help me survive the crisis of it all. Judging from the reviews, this book looked like it would fit the bill. It did somewhatI say that because, well, it actually almost didn't.I found the first half of this book to be depressing, reminding me that I wasn't a young doe anymoreugh! But, the second half helped to redeem the book in my eyes, explaining why half depressing/half enlightening On the verge of 30, I started to seek out books to help me survive the crisis of it all. Judging from the reviews, this book looked like it would fit the bill. It did somewhatI say that because, well, it actually almost didn't.I found the first half of this book to be depressing, reminding me that I wasn't a young doe anymoreugh! But, the second half helped to redeem the book in my eyes, explaining why 30 was so great. You can't tell that this half and half action will happen by reading the. 0 was so great. You can't tell that this half and half action will happen by reading the. A MUST HAVE for all of us chicks turning 30! A Customer Reading this book is like sitting down with your best girlfriend and discussing life! Finally, there's a book out there about us, specifically 27-32 year old women! We all are going through life at the same time, let's enjoy the ride! And laugh along the way
What with everything on that "To Do Before 30" list still left undone and and the biological clock ticking all too loudly, even the most sensible chicks come a little unglued when their fourth decade is upon them.Luckily, humor writer Julie Tilsner is here to help. A Business Week editor who ditched New York City and a successful career for a kibbutz in Israel when the big day closed in on her, Tilsner recounts her experience and those of many other women in this pithy, insightful, and uproarious self-help book.. Just when a woman's learned how to wind her way through a life of temp jobs and commitment-phobic boyfriends, she has to face the biggest nightmare yet--turning 30