{"product_id":"9781594206375","title":"There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best-selling author of BRINGING UP BÉBÉ investigates life in her forties, and wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Pamela Druckerman turns 40, waiters start calling her \"Madame,\" and she detects a disturbing new message in mens' gazes: I would sleep with her, but only if doing so required \u003ci\u003eno effort whatsoever\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Yet forty isn't even technically middle-aged anymore. And after a lifetime of being clueless, Druckerman can finally grasp the subtext of conversations, maintain (somewhat) healthy relationships and spot narcissists before they ruin her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are the modern forties, and what do we know once we reach them? What makes someone a \"grown-up\" anyway? And why didn't anyone warn us that we'd get cellulite on our arms? Part frank memoir, part hilarious investigation of daily life, There Are No Grown-Ups diagnoses the in-between decade when... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   • Everyone you meet looks a little bit familiar. \u003cbr\u003e    • You're matter-of-fact about chin hair. \u003cbr\u003e    • You can no longer wear anything ironically. \u003cbr\u003e    • There's at least one sport your doctor forbids you to play. \u003cbr\u003e    • You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. \u003cbr\u003e    • Your parents have stopped trying to change you. \u003cbr\u003e    • You don't want to be with the cool people anymore; you want to be with \u003ci\u003eyour \u003c\/i\u003epeople. \u003cbr\u003e    • You realize that everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently. \u003cbr\u003e    • You know that it's ok if you don't like jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally best-selling author and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e contributor Pamela Druckerman leads us on a quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. A witty dispatch from the front lines of the forties, \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Grown-ups\u003c\/i\u003e is a (midlife) coming-of-age story, and a book for anyone trying to find their place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045583438064,"sku":"9781594206375","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594206375_p0.jpg?v=1763813307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594206375","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}