The New Old Me, Meredith Maran
The New Old Me, Meredith Maran
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The New Old Me
My Late-Life Reinvention

Author: Meredith Maran

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/14/2017


Synopsis

For readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a post-divorce memoir, one woman's story of starting over at 60—in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood.

After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life’s savings, and the collapse of her once-happy marriage, Meredith Maran—whom Anne Lamott calls "insightful, funny, and human"—leaves her San Francisco freelance writer's life for a 9-to-5 job in Los Angeles. Determined to rebuild not only her savings but herself while relishing the joys of life in La-La land, Maran writes "a poignant story, a funny story, a moving story, and above all an American story of what it means to be a woman of a certain age in our time" (Christina Baker Kline, number-one New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train).

About Meredith Maran

Meredith Maran is the author of fifteen books, including Why We Write and Why We Write About Ourselves. She's a book critic and essayist for newspapers and magazines including the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Salon.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathleen on March 09, 2017

A good writer can keep you engaged despite the subject matter. This is the first book I've read by Meredith Maran and she is clearly a talented writer. The book begins with her leaving her home in Oakland to start a new job, separated from her wife but desperate to get back together. She writes a lo......more

Goodreads review by Michele on April 23, 2017

If you aren't in this headspace - starting over at the age of 60+, you will find this to be a well-written memoir, so if you like memoirs, read it. If you ARE in this space, by choice or chance, you will LOVE this book, and probably highlight, underline and margin-write like crazy.......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on February 28, 2017

I received an advance reading copy of this book through Penguin's First to Read program. From the First to Read website - The New Old Me by Meredith Maran is "For readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a “lusty, kickass*” post-divorce memoir, one woman’s story of starting over at......more

Goodreads review by Heather on May 29, 2017

While I started reading THE NEW OLD ME in small doses on my lunchbreaks, I recently had the opportunity to have a day off to fully dive in. The details of our lives and experiences are different, but I just loved the universals that were in it, that human element of YESSSS! The spirit with which Mer......more

Goodreads review by Sue on March 04, 2017

Another ARC. I really loved this book! It starts slowly, but it is well written and very relatable. It is painfully honest in dealing with the author's grief but it will stay with me for some time.......more