Glynnis MacNichol

Yeah, exactly.

The wedding or the baby.

And it's just like, well, and then, and then what?

And then what?

So I'm with the last book, no one tells you this.

It was really, I was turning 40 and I was like,

dealing with a dying parent and also not having kids.

And I was like really scrambling.

And with this book, I came back from that month and I thought, during COVID, I joke that I saw so many people on social media were like, I'm taking this time to read War and Peace.

Let me brush up on my Russian literature and throw some George Eliot in.

And I was like, good God, all I want to do is read about a party.

I just want, like, I can only read Diana Vreeland's memoir so many times.

I just want to read about people having an enjoyable time.

And so when I came back, I really thought no one prepares you as a woman to enjoy aging.

That summer, I was 46, turning 47.

And I just thought, oh, there's so much available to me.

Oh, I'm like, people can't get enough of me.

And this sense of like, you lose attraction or you lose or your life becomes diminished.

And I thought, that's true for everyone at all stages of life.

But I really wanted to convey that this is possible.