Younger

by Pamela Redmond Satran

Book Overview

A story of inspiration and transformation for every woman who's tried to change her life by changing herself--now a hit TV series from the creator of Sex and the City starring Sutton Foster and Hilary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141650558X
• ISBN13: 9781416505587
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A different kind of coming of age.

This is a really entertaining book. So entertaining, in fact, that I read it in a few hours. I would say that it's a coming of age novel, in a different way. Even though it didn't quite end how I thought it would, I was still happy with the many possibilities Alice Green has to offer the world. Go Pamela Satran. Thanks for a great novel.

Seems implausible, but the story works

Alice Green has had a really bad year. Her husband left her for his much younger dental hygienist, her mother died, and her daughter has dropped out of college and joined the Peace Corps. Despite having the luxury of looking younger than her 44 years, Alice has never really taken advantage of it. Her pal Maggie helps her enhance those looks to start the new year off to a good start. Soon, she catches the eyes of many younger suitors at a New York City bar. Armed with her new appearance, and newly acquired confidence, Alice has changed places with herself, so to speak; she is living the life she lived prior to settling down and getting married. Suddenly, the job she applied for months earlier and was considered too old for is hers for the taking. But now Alice is finding it difficult to live her lie, as she grows ever closer to her new boyfriend Josh, a man young enough to be her son. Josh assumes she is an older woman - he is thinking 29 - he is just now aware of how much older she is. As she and Josh delude themselves into thinking that they are a casual couple, both find that they are falling in love, which causes more pressure on Alice's over-burdened nerves, and their seemingly insurmountable 19-year age gap. "Younger" works not only because of the great writing style of the author, but also because it does not portray either age as ideal - each has its own ups and downs and troubles and triumphs. It is really interesting to see a 40-something woman masquerading as a 20-something woman, and feeling the age discrimination issue from both ends when she is assigned to work for a jealous 30-something who treats her like the child that she thinks she is.

I LOVED IT!

I'm a big fan of Pamela Redmond Satran's work. I loved her first two novels, The Man I Should Have Married and Babes in Captivity, but Younger is my favorite so far! The heroine Alice is completely believable and sympathetic, and I loved reading about how she navigated the world of younger women, and younger men. This was a funny, engaging, thought-provoking book that kept me reading late into the night. I recommended it to all my friends and you will too!

intriguing thought-provoking drama

Her husband dumped Alice for a younger model. With the encouragement of their daughter, Alice crosses the Hudson from New Jersey to Manhattan where she meets her best friend Maggie. One look at her middle aged pal upsets Maggie so that she decides a total make over is needed to convert the suburban mom into a hot urbanite. The years come off and forty-four years old Alice looks like she is in her twenties. At a New Year's Eve party Alice meets Josh, who is much younger than her. Though their personal definitions to what are a couple shows the age gap, both insists they are not interested in a relationship. As she continues to see a man old enough to be her son, Alice also obtains her first job. However, pretending to fit in as a fellow twenty-something at work and in her "non-relationship" with Josh proves overwhelming as Alice wants to climb back out of the rabbit hole and confess to being a fortyish mother. YOUNGER is a deep character study that looks at age discrimination especially in the workplace, but to a lesser degree in relationships. The story line centers on Alice who finds lying about her age difficult to keep up with, but knows the truth will not set her free as it probably would cost her job, the friends she has made at work, and Josh. Pamela Redmond Satran writes an intriguing thought-provoking drama. Harriet Klausner

Totally entertaining

Younger is a page turner! I loved the characters and couldn't put the book down until I found out what happened to Alice Green's career and romance. Full of fun details and moving stories. I can't wait for Pamela Redmond Satran's next novel.