My Thirty-First Year (And Other Calamities)

Name: My Thirty-First Year (And Other Calamities)
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Emily Wolf
ISBN: 9781666609059

Author: Emily Wolf

Narrator: Cady Zuckerman

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 08/02/2022

Categories: Fiction, Women, Humorous, Family Life

Synopsis

On her 30th birthday, Yale-educated Zoe Greene was supposed to be married to her high-school sweetheart, pregnant with their first baby, and practicing law in Chicago. Instead, she's planning an abortion and filing for divorce. Zoe wants to understand why her plans failed—and to move on, have sex, and date while there's still time. As she navigates dysfunctional penises, a paucity of grammatically sound online-dating profiles, and her paralyzing fear of aging alone, she also grapples with the pressure women feel to put others first. Ultimately, Zoe's family, friends, incomparable therapist, and diary of never-to-be-sent letters to her first loves, and the rock band U2, help her learn to let go—of society's constructs of female happiness, and of her own.

About Emily Wolf

Emily Wolf is the author of My Thirty-First Year (And Other Calamities) as well as several essays published in the Houston Chronicle. An ardent feminist, U2 fan, native Chicagoan, and graduate of Harvard Law School, she volunteers with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and with her synagogue’s Board of Trustees and Social Justice Core Team. Along with her husband, children, and dogs, she lives in Houston.

About Cady Zuckerman

Cady Zuckerman is an audiobook narrator, an actress, and a voice coach located in Los Angeles. A lover of language and storytelling, she works as a teaching artist for the Actors' Gang Prison Project and Education program.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hannah on July 20, 2022

I received a copy of 'My Thirty-First Year (and Other Calamities) from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review. I could not put this down! I loved this so much. Highly relatable (some of this could have been taken from my diary), funny, charming, nostalgic and warm. Great cast of characters, well......more

Goodreads review by Lanette on December 19, 2023

I loved this book so much I immediately bought a copy for my daughter for her 30th birthday. Every woman turning 30 will laugh, cry and feel more self-compassion after reading this novel, which I cannot recommend highly enough. You don't even really have to be turning 30; I was 56 when I read it and......more

Goodreads review by Sara Kate on August 24, 2022

Can I just say that Zoe is a very relatable character. I feel that the majority of us can say that we have all been there. You think you find your Prince Charming, get married, and dream of a future with the white picked fence and 2.5 kids for it light up in flames. Rob is the worst and a coward wit......more

Goodreads review by LeAnn on July 29, 2022

*Received ALC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review* WOW. This book made me super uncomfortable - and I absolutely loved it! Some of the horrors Zoe goes through made me cringe and also laugh out loud. I think it was in one of the very first chapters where Ms. Wolf detailed the abortion/peri......more

Goodreads review by Esther on July 07, 2022

How many women are raised to believe that everyone else’s needs come before their own? I know I can raise my hand and say yes to that. So can heroine Zoe Greene, though Rob’s mother seems to have skipped that particular burden. Come to think of it, so did my first mother-in-law. Hmm. With humor and i......more