{"product_id":"9780399574139","title":"The New Old Me: My Late-Life Reinvention","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a “lusty, kickass*” post-divorce memoir, one woman’s story of starting over at 60—in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eADVANCE PRAISE for THE NEW OLD ME:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“High time we had a book that celebrates becoming an elder! Meredith Maran writes of the difficulties of loss and change and aging, but makes it clear that getting on can be more interesting, more fun, and a lot more exciting than youth.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAbigail Thomas, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Comes Next and How to Like It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The New Old Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a book I don’t just want to read—I need to read it. So does everyone else who’s getting older and wants to live fully, with immediacy and enjoyment, which is to say, everyone.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSome Assembly Required\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Meredith Maran is my new role model for getting older without getting old.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kate Christensen,\u003c\/b\u003eauthor of the PEN\/Faulkner award winner \u003ci\u003eThe Great Man*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013159305456,"sku":"9780399574139","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780399574139_p0.jpg?v=1763698925","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780399574139","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}