Create Your Own Midlife Crisis - by Marie Phillips (Hardcover)

About the Book

"To run away to Brazil, turn to page 34. To get a tattoo, turn to page 147. To burn down your house, turn to page 145. We're all grown-ups. We've all had desperate moments. Midway through our lives, we wonder how we ended up here - and whether there's a way out. There must have been a crucial turning point but there's no way to start again in the hope of a better result. Or is there? In the style of choose-your-own-adventure books, Create your Own Midlife Crisis will give readers the chance to try all the roads not taken: polyamory, ayahuasca, an affair with a younger man, the endless vacation, enlightenment, getting that tattoo you've always been too afraid to get, or just telling your boss once and for all where she can shove her job. But beware: all decisions come at a cost ... Hilarious and horribly relatable, here are the predicaments of modern midlife, brought together in a compulsively readable book with countless outcomes that - just like real life - you can never truly win"--

Book Synopsis

Create Your Own Midlife Crisis is a fun and humorous choose-your-own-path book on making risqué and bold choices in the prime of midlife, giving you the chance to try countless roads not yet taken.

What's the worst that could happen?

Are you on the far side of forty and wondering how you ended up here? Do you secretly wish you could set flame to everything and walk away in slow motion, leave your tedious responsibilities and boring routines behind, and start life over again?

What if you could?

In the classic choose-your-own-path style, gives you unlimited chances to try all the roads not taken:

To quit your stupid job, turn to page 108.
To buy a motorcycle, turn to page 74.
To agree to a swingers' night, turn to page 82.
To go clubbing with your mom, turn to page 68.

Whether it's an affair with a younger man, trying ayahuasca, or just telling your boss to shove it, Create Your Own Midlife Crisis delivers over 150 exciting and hilarious ways to reinvent your life.

With illustrations and endless possibilities, this fun and affordable book is the PERFECT GIRLFRIEND's GIFT! It will make a hilarious birthday, retirement, Galentine's, or girlfriend's gift for anyone in their midlife years.
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What to gift a girlfriend going through a divorce? Divorce can be difficult and painful, but these days, women are also making it fun and empowering--as evidenced in The Huffington Post's piece, "Divorce Parties: Inside the Trend That Makes Ending a Marriage Look Fun." Create Your Own Midlife Crisis is the perfect gag gift for such an event.
- A fun, easy escape from daily life: Whether you're looking for a fun way to pass the time on a 10-hour flight or just a quick 15-minute read before bed (because you are a busy Bosslady), this book is both easy to dip into and fun to get lost in.
- Missing Choose-your-own-path books?Create Your Own Midlife Crisis will appeal to anyone who grew up reading choose-your-own-adventure books and loves the interactive experience of making reckless choices and discovering unexpected paths while reading.

About the Author

MARIE PHILLIPS is the author of the international bestseller Gods Behaving Badly, which was made into a feature film, the Baileys Prize-longlisted The Table of Less Valued Knights, and the Shakespearean comedy Oh, I Do Like to Be. With author and playwright Robert Hudson, she has written two series for BBC Radio 4. Her latest book, Create Your Own Midlife Crisis, has also been published in the UK. Phillips lives in London.