First published 2015
Jen Lancaster has built a career on reinventing herself, usually with mixed results. She blew her corporate salary on designer shoes and carried a Prada bag to collect unemployment. She wrote about dieting without losing weight. She pursued cultural enlightenment but ended up loving John Hughes films and processed cheese. She tried to live like Martha Stewart while her rescue animals scattered glitter throughout the house. During a weekend trip to Savannah with friends, Jen realizes she has reached middle age. Binge watching has replaced binge drinking. Rather than despair, she creates a bucket list and commits to seizing opportunities. She removes an expensive tattoo, attempts juice cleanses, studies Italian, learns to bicycle, launches a business, eats pasta in Rome, and trains for a 5K race. Each endeavor brings fresh challenges and comic mishaps as Jen transforms what could be a midlife crisis into a chance for growth.
Genres: autobiography, adult-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: humorous, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-growth, self-discovery
Setting: Savannah
Period: Middle Age
320 pages · Hardcover · Berkley