{"product_id":"how-to-be-an-older-woman-for-beginners-paperback","title":"How to be an older woman for beginners - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Emodi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody warned you about this part.\u003cbr\u003eWhen you were younger, you figured it out as you went. You always did. But this stage - the post-retirement, post-children-at-home, post-being-the-most-relevant-person-in-the-room stage - turns out to require its own entirely separate manual. One that didn't exist.\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Emodi writes about that.\u003cbr\u003eHow to Be an Older Woman for Beginners is a collection of personal essays drawn from her popular Substack column of the same name - smart, funny, and consistently surprising about what it actually means to navigate the decades that no one talks about honestly. Not the Instagram version. The real one, with the complicated knees and the inner critic and the adult children who mean well and the grief that doesn't leave, just changes shape.\u003cbr\u003eThese essays don't offer a program. They offer the company of a woman who has the sense of humour to say out loud what most of us only think. About the moment you realize you've been returned to your category. About what it means to let go of a role you loved. About the joy of a new dog, a nature trail you never noticed, a life raft found in the most unexpected places.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the body's increasingly elusive warranties, to parenting adults who don't need parenting and what grandmothers know about resilience - this book takes nothing for granted.\u003cbr\u003eOrganized into seven thematic sections, How to Be an Older Woman for Beginners explores the terrain of later life honestly and warmly.\u003cbr\u003eThere is nothing ordinary about ordinary women. This book is proof.\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for readers of Nora Ephron, Anne Lamott, and anyone who has ever rolled their eyes at a wellness manifesto and wanted something more real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67839457558680,"sku":"9798235494404","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/CghzrO3VDF9798235494404.webp?v=1793292714","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/how-to-be-an-older-woman-for-beginners-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}