Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up (Confessions, 1)

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Imagine your best selling novel being transformed into a huge tv series in the USA. That's what happened to Alexandra Potter, author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F-Up! Her brilliantly funny inter-generational book was optioned by Disney and will premiere on Disney+ and ABC on 7 February (a month or two later in the UK) renamed 'Not Dead Yet'.

I was looking at all these kinds of amazing lives, perfect lives, everybody was leading. And it looked nothing like the life I was leading.”

Summary

Alexandra joins Liz and Michelle to explain how realising that her life, and those of her friends, were nothing like the perfect lives being conveyed on social media inspired her to write her latest novel. This fun episode provides an insight into what is like to have a novel turned into a TV show by one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world and to know that failing doesn't really mean failure.

A few years ago I dated an artist. He treated my body and our sex like art. He. Took. His. Time. He consciously and deliberately decided which part of my body to bite or caress next. He built anticipation. He was calculated. He was artistic. And now I only want to have sex that feels like art. Anything less feels like trying to hang a connect-the-dots picture on walls of the Met.” —N.S., 39 A novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here, and why life isn't quite how she imagined it was going to be. And who is desperately trying to figure it all out when everyone around them is making gluten-free brownies. At a certain age, women start to become invisible, despite the fact they have so much to offer which is one reason Alexandra made sure she included older female characters in her novel.It does not matter if you are in Yorkshire, London, or LA all women have similar relatable experiences and feel the same about things.The way society works makes most people feel like failures when, in reality, they are not failing.It´s never too late and you are never too old to change and do what you want.BEST MOMENTS A funny and heartfelt novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here and why life isn't quite how she imagined it was going to be.

I still hadn’t figured out my grandma role. Buying stuff was fun. Holding his chunky little 9-pound body was emotional because I had watched my daughter generate a new human. But I still didn’t feel like a grandma. What I did feel was attached to this tiny human made by my once-tiny human. That connection was clear. I just could not muster up that special connection that grandmothers are supposed to have with their grandkids. And, actually, I couldn’t tell you what that feeling was supposed to be like. Her first novel, What’s New, Pussycat? was published in 2000, a week before her 30th birthday, and immediately made the top ten.

The oldest of my six kids, Chloe, now 23, made me a grandma in 2018. Before that, becoming a grandmother hadn’t even been on my radar. Despite my trepidation, I spent Chloe’s entire pregnancy helping her through as much as I could. She was due on March 15, 2018, and we discussed breastfeeding, postpartum depression, stretch marks and so much more. Chatting, shopping and prepping for the baby (a son who would be named Avery) helped alleviate my own blues, but it did nothing to help me feel like a grandma. Join hosts Liz and Michelle redefining life over 50 as empty nesters, embracing the highs and lows of midlife with celebrity guests and experts, sharing a laugh on their podcast sofa. We

Because Nell is determined. Next year things are going to be very different. It’s time to turn her life around. One of my clients died. His widow asked me to oversee the seal of their farm equipment (since I fixed it for years). Yesterday i went out to lowbed a combine to my yard. I went into the house and she came out of the bathroom with a towel on her wet hair and a button-in-front house coat. Before I had my son, sex with my husband was very vocal. I’m talking moaning, screaming, shouting, like something out of a dirty movie—but with love. Now that our son is old enough to start asking a lot of awkward questions about all the noise, I’ve had to tone things down. But every so often I have to let myself go. We head to the bathroom—my favorite private place in the house—and turn the faucets on full blast to mask any noises. As it turns out, the feel of warm water running down my hands has become a real turn-on.” —I.R., 43

She has written 12 novels to date. Including Be Careful What You Wish For, Me and Mr. Darcy, which won the Best New Fiction Award at the Jane Austen Regency World Awards. As well as Love From Paris which was shortlisted for the RNA Comedy Award. Michelle Ford is a professional voice actor and empty nester pressing reset, enjoying a new career in podcasting! She did. Giving me a good look at her 70 year old body, then turned around and walked into the kitchen. PDF / EPUB File Name: Confessions_of_a_Forty-Something_Fk_Up__-_Alexandra_Potter.pdf, Confessions_of_a_Forty-Something_Fk_Up__-_Alexandra_Potter.epubConfessions of a Forty-Something by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh, and it might even make you cry. Above all, it will remind you that you're not on your own – we're all in this together. In the summer of 2018, I was nearing 40 and my late-blooming career finally was heating up with reporting assignments that had me traveling about twice a month. I was finally amassing enough savings and disposable income to go on girls’ nights (with friends) and on girls’ trips (with my sister and daughters). The older women in my friend group had told me that nearing that 40 mark was when things started to come together. They were not lying.