Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer Hardcover Adult Non-Fiction Happier Every Chapter

Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer Hardcover

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An honest, witty, and insightful memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than expected. 'Thanks for Waiting is the loving, wise, cuttingly funny older sister we all need in book form.' -Tara Schuster, author of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies. Doree Shafrir spent much of her twenties and thirties feeling out of sync with her peers. She was an intern at twenty-nine and met her husband on Tinder in her late thirties, after many of her friends had already gotten married, started families, and entered couples counseling. After a long fertility struggle, she became a first-time mom at forty-one, joining Mommy Me classes where most of the other moms were at least ten years younger. And while she was one of Gawker's early hires and one of the first editors at BuzzFeed, she didn't find professional fulfillment until she co-launched the successful self-care podcast Forever35, at forty. Now, in her debut memoir, Shafrir explores the enormous pressures we feel, especially as women, to hit particular milestones at certain times and how we can redefine what it means to be a late bloomer. She writes about everything from dating to infertility, to how friendships evolve as you get older, to why being pregnant at forty-one is unexpectedly freeing -all with the goal of appreciating the lives we've lived so far and the lives we still hope to live. Thanks for Waiting is about how achieving the milestones you thought were so important don't always happen on the time line you imagined. In a world of 30 Under 30 lists, this book is a welcome reminder that it's okay to live life at your own speed.

ISBN: 9780593156742
Title: Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer
Author: Shafrir, Doree
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Binding: Hardcover
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Subject: Personal Memoirs

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