Book description
It feels like only yesterday I was the youngest person in the room, I
had my whole life in front of me. I had time to burn, I spent my whole
day snogging boys and backcombing my hair. I was a young thing, with a
lovely body, life was fun, and I hadn't a care in the world. Now - it
feels like two minutes later - I'm a little bit old. OK, I'm not in
elasticated stockings or on Meals on Wheels whizzing down the stairs on
my stairlift, but my life is more than half over. I've been there, done
that, got the packamac. I'm so old that I remember dances with drum
solos, the arrival of unisex hairdressers and had a crush on Ilya
Kuryakin. I am up at the top of the hill, and over the other side again.
What all this means, is that I am grumpy. But I've earnt it... I lived
through Boney M and leg warmers and the Crossroads Motel. Obviously in a
book this size I wouldn't be able to share with you ALL of my grumps.
But I've decided to write down some of the secret thoughts that beset a
woman of a certain age, some of the wicked things that occur to a woman
who takes a lot of things to the dry cleaners, has to have her roots
done every four weeks and finds it hard to wear high heels. And guess
what: they still fancy people, still have silly little crushes on people
at work, still - shock horror - have sex. You will discover that women
of a certain age are just as provocative and turned on as women in their
twenties. Probably more so. So get over it. Middle-aged women are sexy,
funny and infinitely lovable. They are also taking over the world.'
Judith Holder has a distinguished career in television having produced
some of the funniest people in the business including Clive James, Billy
Connolly, Dame Edna Everage, Victoria Wood and Lenny Henry. She has also
written her own comedy pieces which she has performed on Woman's Hour
and Home Truths. She is currently Head of Features at Liberty Bell
Productions.
