Older
A Younger Novel
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
'Contains a lot of wisdom between its one-liners. Older explores what happens when a woman rejects societal expectations, embraces her experiences and trusts her gut' Washington Post
In the hotly anticipated sequel to the beloved YOUNGER - the hit TV series from the creator of SEX AND THE CITY starring Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff - Liza Miller is torn between two cities and two hearts when her bestselling novel is picked up by a major television network.
New York or Los Angeles? Romance or commitment? Younger... or older?
Liza Miller never dreamed that anyone would be interested in her life, let alone buy a book about it. But everything changes when she publishes a thinly veiled novel called Younger about a woman posing as a millennial, which her old friend Kelsey wants to turn into a TV show.
Liza is off to Los Angeles to help Kelsey write the pilot, leaving behind her on-again off-again boyfriend, Josh, her pregnant daughter, and her best friend, Maggie. But as she is swept up in the heady world of Hollywood, Liza finds herself thinking less and less of her life back home in New York. And then she meets Hugo Fielding, the devastatingly handsome Brit playing her boss on the show.
From the author of the beloved YOUNGER, this is an endearing, hilarious tale of second chances and new beginnings that proves the best thing about getting OLDER is that you finally get to be yourself.
'Funny, painfully relevant, and very meta (thanks to the success of Younger on TV), I loved every bit of this novel, and finished it with a giant smile on my face' JODI PICOULT
'I inhaled this delicious novel, which made me want to go to Sunday dinner at Maggie's' KAYTE NUNN
More praise for Pamela Redmond:
'Compelling and compulsively readable' GERALDINE BROOKS
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Redmond's lackluster sequel to Younger picks up with writer Liza Miller at 49 after she's scored a hit with a novel, also titled Younger, about a 40-something posing as a 20-something thanks to some hair dye and tight jeans. The book is now being adapted for TV (just as Redmond's Younger was), and Liza butts heads with Stella Power, the difficult young star slated to play the lead, after Stella proposes ridiculous rewrites in order to get her ex-boyfriend Hugo Fielding cast in the show. Hugo is cast, and he and Liza hit it off, though Liza's wary that Hugo might be a player. Josh, Liza's younger ex-boyfriend, pops up now and again, his presence reminding her of her intense attraction to him, though Liza is convinced their relationship can't be rekindled because he's interested in having children and she isn't. Redmond touches on a couple of unique problems, such as how to deal with one's life being cannibalized for television, but she doesn't explore them in a meaningful way and instead focuses on manufactured drama many people would wish they could have, such as the attention of two highly attractive men. Fans of Younger the book or the show may like seeing familiar characters again, but others can take a pass
