It's Never Too Late to Get a Life

by Heather Estay

Book Overview

After twenty-six years, my husband just dumped me for the Neighborhood Watch captain, a woman the size of a Winnebago. Oh, and then he squanders all of our savings and investments. Normally, I... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060762500
• ISBN13: 9780060762506
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Yikes ! A guy thinks this is a great book !

Just another ladies' lightwight novellas, I thought, maybe a romance novel, as I picked it up for some temporary reading. I couldn't have been more wrong. Indeed it is light, a lighthearted story about how life's not so little challenges and missteps are approached with steely resolve by the otherwise giggly protagonist and her support group. Most men including me would stop right there - nice ladies book but no thanks. On the contrary, the storytelling is always sumptuous, often hilarious, and interwoven with threads of colors familiar to men, e.g., the stress of getting ready for a date, the result of drinking on an empty stomach, the delights of sights of attractive members of the opposite sex, performing effectively as a single parent, working out at a new club without looking like a fool, etc., etc.. I couldn't put it down. It translates so well between Venus and Mars that it is an encyclopedic store of insight, like a secret decoder ring, or a Field & Stream, on the perspective of women. Some of them, anyhow. The plot is a post-divorce search for balance and happiness, including romance, and revolves around how one lady deals with this middle-aged angst through friends, colleagues, (nearly grown) kids, and enemies. Her (mis)adventures get her into a multitude of fixes, including some amazingly deep quicksand, that she navigates with self -effacing humor and klutziness. For instance, in a shopping trip with her savvy daughter she is as a rookie at her first practice. Her descriptions of makeovers at the high end stores are told as if by a novice fisherman witnessing the tying of a great fly. Her support group appears as a pack of wolves who don't actually like each other but hunt well together. This story is rich, witty, relevant, funny, and told in a context that will make great sense to men. The author is uniquely dangerous as a translator of this genre to men, and could be starting a great precedent. I am looking forward to stealing into the chick literature section for her other books.

Light-hearted story, made me chuckle at times

I rarely read Chick-Lit. However, after attending Heather's work-shop at a Writer's Conference at Sac State last week-end, I was so impressed with the way she apoke and presented herself, I bought both of her books that are currently in print. I'll be at her book-signing for book number three coming out next month; I enjoyed the camaraderie between her, her kids and her friends, and can "so" see many of my friends and family in this book. Many times she brought a chuckle out of me ... sometimes even an out-loud laugh. I can totally relate to some of the situations she gets herself into, without even trying ... just like Lucy and Ethel. I'd recommend Heather's books to anyone wanting to read a light-hearted piece of fluff, with a bit of anxiety tossed in for good measure.

a perfectly fun read.

i tend to be a tough literary critic and generally read non-fiction and historial fiction, rarely indulging in "chick-lit". however, i have to make an exception for "It's Never Too Late." i thoroughly enjoyed this book. it was funny without being overdone, it was smart without being pretentious and you found yourself genuinely invested in the charactors. there were times during the day when i would think of what i'd read the night before and have the urge to call "Angie" to find out what happened on her date last night. that kind of engagement makes for a very fun read. kudos to Heather and can't wait for the next one.

Lively and fun

This was a very lively, enjoyable book about a woman's life after divorce. Angie is a spunky, memorable woman whose husband left her with a whole lot of debt a year before. What's worse, her husband left her for an obese woman with an enormous bank account. After this humiliation, Angie's friends advise her to have a one-night stand. One friend encourages Angie to join her at an art sale where she can meet men and rebuild her self-confidence in the social arena. However, Angie meets someone who is bad news in a very inventive and unique way, and her friends have to hatch a plan to save her. Angie is a smart, funny narrator who doesn't waste time feeling bad for herself. Her friends are also a fun, interesting group with varied personalities. The plot is just as engaging as the characters. Although some of the events in the book are far-fetched and a little unbelievable, this is still one of the best chick lit novels I've read this year. I'm looking forward to the sequel, "It's Never Too Late to be a Bridesmaid," due in February 2006.

Move over Janet Evanovich!!!

TOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!! I am truly in awe of Heather Estay's wit, humor and imagination throughout the entire book. It is non stop belly laughing. The situations Angie gets herself into are a riot and when her buddies rescue her time and time again, you only wish you had friends like these. I laughed out loud so many times that my husband, who was sitting in the other room watching TV, kept coming in and insisting I read those parts to him. He loved it!!!! This book is a "feel good" book and I can't wait for the next one! We all have a little bit of Angie in us....