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Dave Barry Turns Forty

"Just the ticket for the '90s."

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

If you're too young for a nursing home yet too old to be a rock star, if your marriage is as exciting as scraping grass off the lawnmower blades, then this hilarious book by Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and author is for you. Put on your protective eyewear and take a probing look inside your increasingly Spam-like body at: The Midlife (Yawn) Marriage; Wise Financial Planning for Irresponsible Scum Such as Yourself; Sex After 40 (or, Sex? After 40?), and other harsh, but amusing realities that leave you laughing, crying and drooling.

Subject
biography
Genre
humor
Themes
aging
Setting
1990s
Mood
light
Audience
adult
Length
short · 179 pages

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