No I Don't Want To Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year, by Virginia Ironside

book jacket cover No I Don't Want To Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year , by Virginia Ironside

Marie is turning 60 and enjoying it. She has no desire to go bungee jumping or learn Italian. She has a large circle of great friends and is almost never home. She has sworn off men. In the course of this journal, her friend Penny takes up with a man 30 years younger than herself, her old gay friend, Hughie, suffers lung cancer, Gene, her first grandchild, is born, and, in spite of her determination to give up sex, an old crush is on the horizon.

This witty title had me laughing out loud. A fun read, even if you’re younger, or older, than 60.

 

 

Comments

I agree with the reviewer.

I agree with the reviewer. This book was a lot of fun to read. The main character's attitude is "I'm 60 now, so leave me alone. I can do what I want." That is a very liberating approach to all the social expectations that are placed upon us.

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