OH MY GOD, I'M 40!

The 40-Something Woman's Survival Guide

By Deborah Durbin

160x120mm • 144pp • £5.99 • HB • ISBN: 978-1-906051-46-4 • September 2010

You know it's coming. You've been putting it off for as long as you can. Despite telling yourself that you're no different, it's only another year, that little voice inside your head is telling you something else... something like, 'Oh My God, I'm geting OLD!'

It's a bitter pill to swallow... To suddenly go from a young-and-funky-30-something creature frequenting Glastonbury every year to someone who now collects Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers in such an enthusiastic manner can be very scary. The simple, sudden realisation that you have reached that stage in your life where it is considered totally unacceptable to have anything other than your ears pierced, get offensively drunk or wear combat trousers a la All Saints, is a moment of shock and disbelief.

Unfortunately, nothing other than pure denial can prevent you turning 40 but with the help of Oh My God, I'm 40! The 40-Something Woman's Survival Guide you will be adequately prepared to face the big Four-O head on and revel in the simple things in the 40-something woman's life... So sit back and relax, chocolate and Sauvignon Blanc on the one side, and this book on the other and just bear in mind Mark Twain's words:

Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: The Oh Crikey! Countdown
CHAPTER 2: The Big Day
CHAPTER 3: Now You Are 40: What You Can Expect
CHAPTER 4: What Not To Wear When You Are 40
CHAPTER 5: The Disadvantages of Being 40
CHAPTER 6: The Advantages of Being 40
CHAPTER 7: The 40-Year-Old and Kids
CHAPTER 8: Life Begins at 40!
CHAPTER 9: The Self-Help Syndrome
CHAPTER 10: At Least You're Not 50
CHAPTER 11: Forty Facts About All Things Fortyish
CHAPTER 12: Keeping Your Sense of Humour