No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year (Platinum Fiction Series)

Ironside, Virginia

ISBN 10: 1585479527 ISBN 13: 9781585479528

Publisher: Center Point Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Stand aside‚ Bridget Jones. Here comes sassy curmudgeon Mary Sharp. Don't pester Mary about taking parasailing lessons‚ Italian–language courses or joining a gym. She may be a little creaky in the bones as she heads for the Big 6–0‚ but she's fine with it. Mary has already led an exciting life — she came of age in the 60s‚ after all. Now‚ with a new grandchild and a new man on the horizon‚ all she wants is to enjoy this new phase of her life. A wonderfully astute novel based on the author's own experiences‚ No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club is a funny‚ and often poignant‚ diary of an older woman a little past her prime‚ but happy enough to leave it behind her and see what the future has in store. So don't tell Mary Sharp to take a gourmet cooking class — and whatever you do‚ don't tell her to join a book club.

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Review:

[Ironside] has done her readers a wonderful service in giving us the fictional Marie Sharp.... "No! I Dont Want to Join a Book Club" is, in fact, a perfect choice for book clubs. It takes on the biggest issuesour lives, loves, deathsin acerbic, tender, thoughtful ways. Perfect for clubs, perfect for (almost) everybody.
"The Washington Post"
Screamingly funnyreads like an AARP-issued "Bridget Jones Diary,"This is the kind of book you gobble up, then re-read so you can hoot out loud all over again.
"USA Today"
Maries wicked sense of humor makes this a fun read. . . . This novel is more than a light romp. Marie shows great heart and wisdom as she experiences joys and sorrows.
"The Herald Sun"
So funny and human, so full of cranky wisdom and plucky resistance to the ordinary ways of facing old age. Im thinking of reading "No! I Dont Want to Join a Book Club" once a year from here on in to cheer myself up. If youre over fifty, you should read it, too.
"The Buffalo News"

a[Ironside] has done her readers a wonderful service in giving us the fictional Marie Sharp.... "No! I Donat Want to Join a Book Club" is, in fact, a perfect choice for book clubs. It takes on the biggest issuesaour lives, loves, deathsain acerbic, tender, thoughtful ways. Perfect for clubs, perfect for (almost) everybody.a
a"The Washington Post"
aScreamingly funnya]reads like an AARP-issued "Bridget Jonesa Diary"a].This is the kind of book you gobble up, then re-read so you can hoot out loud all over again.a
a"USA Today"
aMarieas wicked sense of humor makes this a fun read. . . . This novel is more than a light romp. Marie shows great heart and wisdom as she experiences joys and sorrows.a
a"The Herald Sun"
aSo funny and human, so full of cranky wisdom and plucky resistance to the ordinary ways of facing old age. Iam thinking of reading "No! I Donat Want to Join a Book Club" once a year from here on in to cheer myself up. If youare over fifty, you should read it, too.a
a"The Buffalo News"

?[Ironside] has done her readers a wonderful service in giving us the fictional Marie Sharp.... "No! I Don?t Want to Join a Book Club" is, in fact, a perfect choice for book clubs. It takes on the biggest issues?our lives, loves, deaths?in acerbic, tender, thoughtful ways. Perfect for clubs, perfect for (almost) everybody.?
?"The Washington Post"
?Screamingly funny?reads like an AARP-issued "Bridget Jones? Diary"?.This is the kind of book you gobble up, then re-read so you can hoot out loud all over again.?
?"USA Today"
?Marie's wicked sense of humor makes this a fun read. . . . This novel is more than a light romp. Marie shows great heart and wisdom as she experiences joys and sorrows.?
?"The Herald Sun"
?So funny and human, so full of cranky wisdom and plucky resistance to the ordinary ways of facing old age. I?m thinking of reading "No! I Don?t Want to Join a Book Club" once a year from here on in to cheer myself up. If you?re over fifty, you s

From the Back Cover:

`Poignant and utterly engaging' The Times

`Wise, funny and heart-warming' Daily Mail

`A delight to read' Closer

`Readers will rub their hands together with glee...few books are so
original, so entertaining and so thought-provoking' Daily Express

`This hilarious diary of a mature woman certainly gives Bridget Jones a run
for her money' OK

`Hilarious' Red

`Hilarious...It had me laughing out loud on the bus' Woman & Home

`Immense wit and charm' Psychologies

`The babyboomers' answer to Bridget Jones' The Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Center Point Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1585479527
• ISBN 13: 9781585479528
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 318