The New Old Me By, Meredith Maran

This was a delightful read! Its a rollicking memoir that starts in San Francisco where the author loses her 9-5 job, her marriage ends, she loses her best friend, her life savings and moves to LA.
As she adjusts her 'point of view', acknowledging her age at 60, may pose a multitude of challenges and may be a long, uphill climb. The author is keenly aware that she is now older than her doctors, therapists, mortgage broker, and most of her friends.
Ms Maran accepts a job as a copy writer, working with 30 somethings, who dress in Lululemons, prepared for 'Work out Wednesdays.' She is planted in the center of the thicket, as she describes the work place as the 'vibe is mellow, a group of friends hanging out, snacking on wasabi seaweed, drinking grass green juices from the fresh pressed juicery down the street and water from mason jars, dissecting last night's Game of Thrones." HIL-arious!
The author brings you with her, as she meanders through life and discusses the demands of marriage, family, death, youth, loneliness, sex, alcohol, friendship, love, and more. She presents herself 'unvarnished' and vulnerable, as she tackles the next challenge and feels stronger each day, with a renewed sense of accomplishment.
Ms Maran speaks of the wisdom she has learned and 'Earned' through the aging process. She ends the book describing her birthday and her decision to paraphrase Stephen Stills. "If I can't be with the one I love, my best insurance policy against a sad, lonely old age is to love the one I'm with. The one who will never leave me, no matter what. That one of course, would be me."