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Dewey Decimal Number: 305.242
Format: Kindle Book
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: June 11, 1998
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Sales Rank: 18700
Studio: McGraw-Hill
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Just when a woman's learned how to wind her way through a life of temp jobs and commitment-phobic boyfriends, she has to face the biggest nightmare yet--turning 30. What with everything on that 'To Do Before 30' list still left undone and and the biological clock ticking all too loudly, even the most sensible chicks come a little unglued when their fourth decade is upon them.
Luckily, humor writer Julie Tilsner is here to help. A Business Week editor who ditched New York City and a successful career for a kibbutz in Israel when the big day closed in on her, Tilsner recounts her experience and those of many other women in this pithy, insightful, and uproarious self-help book.
Amazon.com Review:
In this irreverent Chick's Guide to Turning 30, Julie Tilsner guides readers through the five stages of fear, denial, bargaining, the countdown, and the great beyond. She also offers some tips on affordable ways to cope with the pressure--including 'group bitch' sessions and subscriptions to the Good Vibrations catalog--and how to deal with related anxieties about your professional and romantic destiny.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Not easy to relate to as a 30 yr old
I was extremely disappointed with this book and the fact that none of the reviews I read seemed to mention that the author is highly un-relatable unless you happened to be a binge drinking, drug taking, promiscuous girl in your 20's. She mentions many times the use of recreational drugs and talks about drinking and sleeping with random friends or acquaintances. She is shocked when she finds out that one of her girlfriends has only slept with two men in her life, "gasp"! This was hardly my experience in my 20's so I wasn't having her same fear of "growing up". I have been responsible most of my life and was more looking for a book with guidance about "where does it go from here"? There were a few funny or poignant moments here and there and it was a quick read so I gave it 2 stars rather than 1, but if you are a married woman on a decent career path at 29, you will not find this book is for you.
Rating:  - Light-weight life saver - perfect bath reading
I gave this to my major fox babe, SaraJ, for *her* 30th along with the Fruit Bats' "Mouthfuls" CD.
Thanks to Amazon's amazing 'Search Inside the Book' ability, I was able to confirm 29's total suitability and silliness as a gift from sexy Sara's 'Jerk Official Reserve Date' (JORD), which is my discreet rôle when her Davy's not around or when he's committed some adorable gaffe that calls for exile and a strategic pout.
Title apart, which got me a biff round the ear for dubbing Sara a 'chick' (voluptuous vixens are *never* chicks: they spring fully formed from the womb as major babes), the book is humorous enough to read snippets from aloud after the second bottle of Dom Perignon. Or, à deux, over a jug of Bloody Mary in a cosy Badedas-drenched bath.
It also helps if, as does Sara, the recipient looks a sprightly 25, behaves half that age, and has a star-struck chappie in tow oblivious to *how* many candles sputter on the gâteau.
Most of the embittered crones *I* help across the big three-oh threshold have had all humor squeezed from them by constant dumpings or the screams of toy boys as they flee the haggard spectacle. For such crypt-keepers, Ms Tilsner's ace volume will only tip them sooner into the pit of has-been misery and despair.
A splendid oeuvre that I must stock up on, not just for future 30th birthday babes but as the perfect goading gift for mummified creatures already past it.
Rating:  - entertaining and poignant - 30 does not = expiration date!
What this book isn't: 1) something you would take seriously. 2) something to consult if you are a selfhelp fan. 3) something you won't get if you never moved out of your parents' house.
Turning 30 for me was a breeze; it was 31 that freaked me out. As a chronic bargainer (Chapter 3), experiencing the joys of our current economy (Chapter 7), I personally enjoyed this book. I think it's wry, witty, has a touch of Ab-Fab to it, and made me want to have a drink and read it in the tub.
If you are closer in your level of seriousness to some of the reviewers here, don't buy this book. Otherwise, kick back and enjoy the read!
Rating:  - Funny but unreal
I understand that it is a book of humor.But first, this book assumes that the mayority of women turning 30 is single. Second, it also assumes that if you have a stablished career and a confortable financial position achieved by hard work before turning 30, something's wrong with you.
I agree with some reviewers that the targeted readers are teenagers or those who have not passed yet their teen's years.
Please do not take this book seriously.
Even though it's funny there are much better funny things to do with your time.
Rating: - Amateur writing
My suggestion to other readers is - do not waste your time or money on this book! When the big 30 began to approach I ordered the book from Amazon. I couldn't wait to tear into it. Unfortunately, I was very, very disappointed. The best part of this book is the cover, and that's no lie. I ordered this book thinking I would get good information and it would be funny. Instead all I learned was that you can string together pages and pages of drivel. With the constant hysteria about turning 30 in this book, it will make you have a mental breakdown. The book feeds into this false culture of fear. Also, the book reads like a college term paper - a bad college term paper.
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