Shine On: How to Grow Awesome instead of Old

by Claire Cook, Meredith Mitchell (Read by)

Overview

If you’re a forty-to-forever woman who’s interested in aging well, don’t miss this motivating and inspiring book.

Join New York Times bestselling author Claire Cook on an inspirational journey that will help you shake off all those worries about getting older and embrace what can be the most vibrant, creative, and empowering chapter of your life.

Claire wrote her first book in her minivan at forty-five. At fifty, she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the adaptation of her novel Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. With another milestone birthday on the horizon, she was old enough to know the signs: “It was time to get my act together. Again.”

Shine On: How to Grow Awesome instead of Old speaks to midlife women everywhere and is filled with Claire’s trademark humor, heart, honesty, and encouragement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781982537418
Publisher:	Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:	03/05/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Claire Cook is the bestselling author of Life's a Beach, Multiple Choice, Ready to Fall, and Must Love Dogs, which became a major movie starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. She has been a judge for the Thurber Prize for American Humor and is a member of the Cape Cod Writers' Center faculty. She lives in Scituate, Massachusetts, with her husband, where they are occasionally visited by their borderline adult children and their laundry.

Meredith Mitchell is an actress who has performed in such films as Mona Lisa Smile and The Reunion, on stage with Shakespeare & Company and the New Repertory Theatre, and on television on Good Morning America. She received her BA in psychology from Emory University and her MFA in acting from Brandeis University.

Hometown:

Scituate, Massachusetts

Date of Birth:

February 14, 1955

Place of Birth:

Alexandria, Virginia

Education:

B.A., Film and Creative Writing, Syracuse University

Website:

http://www.clairecook.com

Editorial Reviews

[Cook’s] poignancy and sassy humor resonate with readers; her theme of reinvention uplifts and inspires.”

Savannah magazine on Never Too Late