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Read Virginia Ironside's posts on the Penguin Blog.
A screamingly funny and poignant story about embracing life beyond middle age
Marie Sharp is heading toward sixty and is just fine with it. She’s already had plenty of excitement in her life: sex and drugs in the freewheeling sixties, career and children, marriage and divorce. Now she’s ready to settle into a quiet, blissfully boring routine. No Italian classes or gym memberships or bicycle trips across Europe, thank you very much! Marie just wants to put her feet up and “start doing old things.”
She’s even sworn off men! But as it turns out, life still has some surprises in store, the biggest of which is a new grandson on the way. What’s more, Archie, her old childhood crush, suddenly reenters her life, and her closest friend falls seriously ill. Armed with a biting sense of humor, Marie wrestles with a life that refuses to follow her plans—and may still offer more possibilities than she realizes.
Editions of No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780670038183
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780452289239
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101213643
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781101929049
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781429586207
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781101194447
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780143141846
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Read Virginia Ironside's posts on the Penguin Blog.
A screamingly funny and poignant story about embracing life beyond middle age
Marie Sharp is heading toward sixty and is just fine with it. She’s already had plenty of excitement in her life: sex and drugs in the freewheeling sixties, career and children, marriage and divorce. Now she’s ready to settle into a quiet, blissfully boring routine. No Italian classes or gym memberships or bicycle trips across Europe, thank you very much! Marie just wants to put her feet up and “start doing old things.”
She’s even sworn off men! But as it turns out, life still has some surprises in store, the biggest of which is a new grandson on the way. What’s more, Archie, her old childhood crush, suddenly reenters her life, and her closest friend falls seriously ill. Armed with a biting sense of humor, Marie wrestles with a life that refuses to follow her plans—and may still offer more possibilities than she realizes.
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Read Virginia Ironside's posts on the Penguin Blog.
A screamingly funny and poignant story about embracing life beyond middle age
Marie Sharp is heading toward sixty and is just fine with it. She’s already had plenty of excitement in her life: sex and drugs in the freewheeling sixties, career and children, marriage and divorce. Now she’s ready to settle into a quiet, blissfully boring routine. No Italian classes or gym memberships or bicycle trips across Europe, thank you very much! Marie just wants to put her feet up and “start doing old things.”
She’s even sworn off men! But as it turns out, life still has some surprises in store, the biggest of which is a new grandson on the way. What’s more, Archie, her old childhood crush, suddenly reenters her life, and her closest friend falls seriously ill. Armed with a biting sense of humor, Marie wrestles with a life that refuses to follow her plans—and may still offer more possibilities than she realizes.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club?
Fiction > Humorous fiction
Where can I read a sample of No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780670038183
Who is/are the Author/s of the book No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club?
Virginia Ironside
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780670038183) and paperback(ISBN 9780452289239) and ebook(ISBN 9781101213643) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781101929049) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781429586207) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781101194447) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780143141846)
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