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Fifty is Not a Four-Letter Word

Author: Linda Kelsey  

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A funny, wise and touching look at all the issues closest to our hearts. The novel grown-up girls have been waiting for.

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A funny, wise and touching look at all the issues closest to our hearts. The novel grown-up girls have been waiting for.

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Life begins at fifty . . . Well, it certainly does for Hope, though not at all as she had planned. She reluctantly hits her half-century on New Year s Day and six months later she has lost her job, her husband and her mother. But Hope has guts and a sense of humour. By the time she reaches fifty-one, she has acquired a taste for designer underwear, a Labrador puppy and the memory of one perfect night in Paris. Who says fifty is over the hill?

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Critic Reviews

“This is a coming-of-age novel with a difference. The age in question is 50, which these days is arguably more difficult to handle than those awkward teenage years. Wise, witty and wonderful.”

Bridget Jones for grown-ups! . . . Women "of a certain age" will relate to Hope as she struggles to make sense of her life. An enjoyable holiday read. - My Weekly

The novel is fun and frothy and very good - Evening Standard

A witty, involving novel - Easy Living

A statement of intent, if ever there was one! - Choice

Funny, spiky, and with the ring of truth on every page - Rosie Thomas

Funny, perceptive - I absolutely loved it. - Penny Vincenzi

Funny, wise and proof that the perfect heroine doesn't have to be a chardonnay-swilling thirty-something, this made me laugh and weep from start to finish. Linda Kelsey has the knack of making you care about her characters and she deals with huge issues with the lightest touch. I wish I'd written this! - Cathy Kelly

Funny, wise, true and not just for women of fifty! - Wendy Holden

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About the Author

Linda Kelsey is a former editor of Cosmopolitan and SHE, and was twice awarded Editor of the Year. She is now a freelance journalist. She lives in London with her husband and son.

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Life begins at fifty . . . Well, it certainly does for Hope, though not at all as she had planned. She reluctantly hits her half-century on New Year s Day and six months later she has lost her job, her husband and her mother. But Hope has guts and a sense of humour. By the time she reaches fifty-one, she has acquired a taste for designer underwear, a Labrador puppy and the memory of one perfect night in Paris. Who says fifty is over the hill?

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder Paperback
Published
9th August 2007
Pages
384
ISBN
9780340933398

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