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29 and Counting: A Chick's Guide to Turning 30 a Chick's Guide to Turning 30

Just when a woman's learned how to wind her way through a life of temp jobs and commitment-phobic boyfriends, she has to face the biggest nightmare yet—turning 30. What with everything on that "To Do Before 30" list still left undone andand the biological clock ticking all too loudly, even the most sensible chicks come a little unglued when their fourth decade is upon them.

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Luckily, humor writer Julie Tilsner is here to help. A Business Weekeditor who ditched New York City and a successful career for a kibbutz in Israel when the big day closed in on her, Tilsner recounts her experience and those of many other women in this pithy, insightful, and uproarious self-help book.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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