Ellie Jerome is a young-at-heart, style-savvy seventy-five-year-old who feels she has more in common with her twenty-nine-year-old granddaughter, Lucy, than her fifty-five-year-old (uptight) daughter, Barbara. Ellie's done everything she can to stay young, and the last thing she wants is to celebrate another birthday. So when she finds herself confronted with a cake full of candles, Elle wishes more than anything that she could be twenty-nine again, just for one day. But who expects a wish like that to come true? Well, guess what...
29 is the story of three generations of women and how one magical day drastically alters everything they know about each other. While Ellie finds that the life of a twenty-something is not as carefree as she expected, the sheer joy of being young again prompts her to consider living her life all over. Does she dare stay young for more than this day, even if it means leaving everyone she loves behind?
Fresh clever, and sweet, 29 is an enchanting modern fairytale about families, love and the real lessons of youth.
Adena Halpern is the author of the novel The Ten Best Days of My Life and Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown- Notes from a Single Girl's Closet, a memoir which was based on her popular 'Haute Life' essays for the back page of Marie Claire magazine. In addition to Marie Claire, Adena has written for Daily Variety and The New York Times. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from New York University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in screen writing from The American Film Institute. A proud Philadelphia native, she resides in Los Angeles with her husband, television and screenwriter Jonathan Goldstein.
Review: I love this book, age is but a number, and clarity comes with experience.
29
Simon and Schuster Australia
Author: Adena Halpern
ISBN: 9780731814701
Price: $29.99
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