- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (1 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 044669777X
- ISBN-13: 978-0446697774
- Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 1.9 x 20.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 891,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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These provocative original essays aim to empathize with, encourage and inspire 20-something women. It's a Wonderful Lie will pick up where Quarter-life Crisis left off and will offer perspective and wisdom. Writers will shed a light on what one should and should not expect from what you've been led to believe are the best years of your life. The essays range from comedic to reflective and pensive, all looking at the uphill battle that exists as women live through their first jobs, loves, and losses. Cleverly titled essays such as, 'My Own Mr. Big', 'Twentysomething Seeks Same for FRIENDSHIP' and 'Tradeoffs: Why I Sold My Soul for My Apartments' will look back on the various areas that tripped up women in their twenties the most. The contributors then move forward, figuring out that while this crucial decade might have its many downsides, the pluses are numerous. It's a Wonderful Lie entertains, encourages and empowers women who are living through their twenties now, about to graduate from college, and, finally, those who have loved and lived through it all.
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Emily Franklin is on the staff of National Public Radio's 'Car Talk' show and lives near Boston with her husband and three children. She is the author of Liner Notes and the Principles of Love Series.
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Format:Paperback
This is a warming collection of stories from several women who have gone through the so-called 'quarter-life crisis'. I wish I had found this book about a few yrs ago (I'm 26) it may have been more useful. Good book for those not long out of uni, around 23 perhaps, feeling life/work/relationship is not all it was cracked up to be. The message is its OK!! We've been through all that and more and you WILL get through it.
I would have given it a three and a half if poss.
:-)
I would have given it a three and a half if poss.
:-)
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Not very relevant for today's 20-somethings
23 May 2011
Format:Paperback
I was recommended this book by a friend and was rather disappointed in it. Most of the stories follow the life and career misadventures of women who were in their 20s in the 1990s. Well, I'm 24, now, in 2011, and I had a hard time relating to many of the so-called "struggles" discussed in the book or finding comfort in their resolutions. I cannot relate to the woman who racked up $20,000 in credit card debt and managed to pay it down in just a few years. I don't see my own struggle in the woman who attended an ivy league college and landed glamorous, albeit low-paying jobs in the music industry because of her connections. I have a hard time feeling any sympathy for the woman whose parents paid for her law school, resulting in a lucrative job for her and a passion for dining at expensive restaurants at every given opportunity. Oh but she has to give up a bit of shoe shopping! Riiight.
Maybe it's because my family isn't middle class, maybe it's a generational gap between generations X and Y, but the so-called "struggles" discussed in this book are problems my friends and I would love to have. I found it ironic that the entry-level jobs in major cities that disappointed the authors so much are positions that many in my generation would kill to have. You want a book about your twenties for today's generation? Interview the woman who attended an ivy league school and is now working at Starbucks to pay back $80,000 in student loans. Interview the woman who's been living with her parents because after two years out of college, she still hasn't landed an "entry-level" job that pays her enough to move out. Interview the woman who attended an excellent college only to go on to nursing school at community college because she couldn't find a job outside of retail or food service with her degree.
Reality for today's 20-something is crippling student loan debt, a job market where we have to compete with people with decades of experience for the same "entry level" jobs, and families that just don't understand why we don't have it all together. And for the record, most of us won't go on to have lucrative book deals to pull us out of our quarterlife crisis.
This book is cute and at times encouraging, but it's not today's reality.
Maybe it's because my family isn't middle class, maybe it's a generational gap between generations X and Y, but the so-called "struggles" discussed in this book are problems my friends and I would love to have. I found it ironic that the entry-level jobs in major cities that disappointed the authors so much are positions that many in my generation would kill to have. You want a book about your twenties for today's generation? Interview the woman who attended an ivy league school and is now working at Starbucks to pay back $80,000 in student loans. Interview the woman who's been living with her parents because after two years out of college, she still hasn't landed an "entry-level" job that pays her enough to move out. Interview the woman who attended an excellent college only to go on to nursing school at community college because she couldn't find a job outside of retail or food service with her degree.
Reality for today's 20-something is crippling student loan debt, a job market where we have to compete with people with decades of experience for the same "entry level" jobs, and families that just don't understand why we don't have it all together. And for the record, most of us won't go on to have lucrative book deals to pull us out of our quarterlife crisis.
This book is cute and at times encouraging, but it's not today's reality.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Worth the read, especially if you're currently enduring your twenties
21 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
This collection is brilliant. I've been experiencing a bit of angst lately and have been beating myself up over it, constantly telling myself, "I'm in my mid-twenties and shouldn't be thinking like this any more; it's time to grow up!" I feel better to know that I'm not alone and that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
The authors in this collection are strong, funny, intelligent women. They're the kind of woman that I believe myself to be (on my better days) and aspire to become (on my slightly-more-discouraged days). There were a couple of stories that slowed the pace a bit for me (I don't have the book at hand and don't recall the titles), but all in all, this book made me feel better about life in general, and this decade particularly.
As the oldest of four, I've not known what it was like to sit down and receive encouragement from an older sister. Now I do!
The authors in this collection are strong, funny, intelligent women. They're the kind of woman that I believe myself to be (on my better days) and aspire to become (on my slightly-more-discouraged days). There were a couple of stories that slowed the pace a bit for me (I don't have the book at hand and don't recall the titles), but all in all, this book made me feel better about life in general, and this decade particularly.
As the oldest of four, I've not known what it was like to sit down and receive encouragement from an older sister. Now I do!
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Best Book I've Ever Read
1 Feb 2007
Format:Paperback
To be honest, your 20's SUCK. Getting out of college sucks. Looking for a career sucks. Making adult friends sucks. And finding your place in the world sucks.
Before I read this book, everyone made me feel like it just sucked for me. But now I know it doesn't. It sucks for everyone. And this book proves it.
This book made me cry and laugh. It's comforting to know that there are other people who have dealt with situations and feelings identical to what I am going through now. It is also comforting to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
This book is the best therapy a girl (or a guy) could ask for. Anyone going through a quarterlife crisis or even just feeling slightly tormented should read this book cover to cover. I promise it'll talk you back from the ledge and I promise you'll feel better afterwards.
Before I read this book, everyone made me feel like it just sucked for me. But now I know it doesn't. It sucks for everyone. And this book proves it.
This book made me cry and laugh. It's comforting to know that there are other people who have dealt with situations and feelings identical to what I am going through now. It is also comforting to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
This book is the best therapy a girl (or a guy) could ask for. Anyone going through a quarterlife crisis or even just feeling slightly tormented should read this book cover to cover. I promise it'll talk you back from the ledge and I promise you'll feel better afterwards.
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