The Late Bloomer's Revolution: A Memoir

by Amy Cohen

Book Overview

The debut of a sparkling and reassuring memoirist -- an inspiration to late bloomers everywhere"I like to consider myself a late bloomer, meaning someone who will eventually, however late, come into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401300022
• ISBN13: 9781401300029
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

LATE BLOOMER'S REVOLUTION

I expected it to be funny, as the author wrote on one of my favorite sitcoms, "Spin City", but what I did not expect was how moved I'd be. I found myself in tears after the first few chapters about her Mother. I truly laughed and cried through the whole book. Especially the last chapter, which ended the way I wished "Sex and The City" had. It was honest and hopeful and full of wonderful moments. Anyone who loved the show "Sex and The City", will get this book. I believe us single girls in the city are more like Amy than any of those characters! Bronwen

"This is life and love"

Amy tells her boyfriend at one point. And ... that is exactly what this book is about. Life and love. Love for your family, friends and love for yourself. Life is about overcoming your fears and forging ahead - learning to ride a bike in your 30's! This is a wonderful book and would make a great gift. I agree with the reviewer that suggested the book for Oprah's Book Club. This memoir will not only make you laugh out loud it will help you to appreciate life and living in the moment. A girlfriend recently gave me a book (Little Earthquakes)and said "this book will make you glad you aren't married and don't have children". I am off to buy her this book even though she is married with children. I know she is going to love it as much as I did!

Worthy of Oprah's Book Club and more!

I love this book and I completely fell in love with Amy Cohen -- her view of herself, her ability to see the humor in her trials and triumphs and her fabulous family. How she remains single is a complete mystery as she is a complete gem and a gifted and humorous writer. This is a quick and fun read as well as being very poignant and enlightening. As someone who is married with children but has always felt late to the game -- a late bloomer. I totally related to this book and to Amy. I'm buying this book for all my friends!

Delightful, Funny, Really Enjoyable

The first paragraph of Chapter 1 begins: "I grew up thinking my mother had the answer to everything. Watch any black-and-white film and she always knew some obscure fact about an actor with one line. `See the fishmonger behind the ox, the one who's yelling, "Slay the hunchback!" she'd say. `His name was Skids Monroe. He came out of the Yiddish theater and was tragically maimed in a Ferris wheel accident."` From a reader's point of view, I like paragraphs like this because you start in one place (in front of a household television) and end up somewhere completely unexpected (the scene of a Ferris wheel ride gone awry). This particular example may be a touch morbid, but you have to admit, it's also interesting. Thankfully, Amy's mom knew others things as well, like words. "`The term "steatopygous" means characterized by fat around the hips,'" Amy recalls her mother saying in paragraph two. "It was once considered not cellulite, but a highly desirable benchmark of fertility! Remember that the next time you say you look hideous in a bathing suit." The Late Bloomer's Revolution"The Late Bloomer's Revolution" is filled with chuckle-worthy moments like this, which makes it all the more heart wrenching when, for instance, Amy's mother finally succumbs to her illness. I would lament the end of a relationship in one moment, then laugh at Cohen's ability to bring humor to a bad situation in the next. For instance, one day she went to the dry cleaners only to have the service woman greet her with "Oh God! What that on your face? You burn in grease fire?" - which is how Amy discovered the onset of a serious rash that marred her face and kept her homebound for almost a year. Yet despite such upheavals Amy's humor shines through, turning what could have been a "look at all the awful things that have happened to me" memoir into a poignant, thought-provoking account of one woman's search for love in New York city. Overall I was delighted with "The Late Bloomer's Revolution" visit my site for an interview with the author.

Delightful!

I truly loved this deeply reflective and hysterically funny memoir. Amy Cohen is such a talented writer and her tales of life, love and loss are told straight from the heart. I found myself wishing it would never end and I'm looking forward to reading many more books by this author!