Older, but Better, but Older, Caroline De Maigret
Older, but Better, but Older, Caroline De Maigret
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Older, but Better, but Older
From the Authors of How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are

Author: Caroline De Maigret, Sophie Mas

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2019


Synopsis

From the bestselling authors of How to be Parisian—”a book to read late at night in one go and then buy for your girlfriends” (Vogue UK) about what smart, savvy, fabulous women think, feel, and advise about growing older.

Older, but Better, but Older has the playful wit, self deprecation and worldly advice we have come to expect from these bestselling authors, but now that advice is focused on the French woman's mindset as she hurtles towards forty. Caroline de Maigret and Sophie Mas are back to amuse you with how they find they are modifying their favorite bad-girl behavior as they address beauty, love, seduction as well as lifestyle, family, work, and living alone.

They are still bohemian iconoclasts saying what you don't expect to hear. They will tell you things aren't what they used to be--when a thirty-year-old guy arrives at a party and does not even glance at you; when you wake up feeling great and everyone tells you how tired you look; you know you're an adult when you're excited just to go home.

Neuroses vs. confidence, resistance vs. acceptance, passion vs. serenity, de Maigret and Mas through spirited short stories capture the different stages of ageing--as nostalgic but modern Parisian women. From the privately absurd to the strangely universal, this book captures moments of everyday life that will make the reader nod, cringe, and laugh out loud.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brei on October 27, 2019

I was so excited to see the author's of How to Be Parisian were coming out with a new book this year. How to Be Parisian is one of my favorite gift books to give. I love gifting it to friends for their birthday. Especially the friends that love Paris as much as I do.  Older, But Better, But Older wa......more

Goodreads review by Vesna on April 24, 2021

It's really fun book full of anecdotes and short stories. I love Caroline de Maigret and I love her style and sense of humour. And this book is exactly what I have expected. It explains stereotypes of what being a woman really means but in that delicate and sensitive way. How we felt in our 20s, 30s......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on October 22, 2020

The most shallow book I've read in a long time. It's like a teenagers journal to herself, but for middle aged women. No depth. No joy. No interesting anythings. I was really hoping for some good bits in here as I'm turning forty soon. I'm very disappointed & disillusioned. Surely most people are not......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on January 01, 2020

Older but Better, but Older is a heartwarming, funny feminist self-help guide from the two lifestyle consultants and author's of the 2014 bestseller How To Be Parisian, Caroline de Maigret and Sophie Mas, and having taken them to my heart as surrogate older sisters from their striking and refreshing......more


Quotes

“Older, But Better, But Older is a book to read late at night in one go and then buy for your girlfriends. Peppered with inspirational quotes and comedic anecdotes, it is soulful truth-telling with a wink and a prayer.” – Laura Bailey, Vogue UK

“Neuroses, bon mots, no matter how you come at it, Older is its own Pandora’s Box, a treatise on freedom, self-knowledge, and (variously): learning to be your own best ally, doing good for yourself and others” – Tina Issac-Goize, Vogue

“A witty take on growing older in Older but Better, but Older, in what is a Parisian approach to adulthood.” – Ella Alexander, Harper’s Bazaar