45 Things To Do Before You’re 45
45 Things To Do Before You’re 45: A Novel
By: Julia Tuffs
Narrated by: Isy Suttie
English | 01-30-25 | B0DTKRNCTH | 9h 57m | M4B@125 kbps | 543.48 MB
“This isn’t how I pictured my life, you know? It was going to be fabulous. I was going to be fabulous.”
Meet Charlie; unfulfilled and perimenopausal, Charlie’s suburban life is a far cry from the Manhattan glamour she once dreamed of. Her husband is incapable of talking about anything other than his latest Ironman challenge, her sex life consists of fictional encounters with Hollywood stars, her kids need constant man-management, and to make things worse, her optician has just prescribed her reading glasses.
Oh, and she can’t stop crying at TV adverts…
In the hope of re-discovering her sense of self, Charlie begins writing a list: 45 things to do before she’s 45.
Eat an oyster
Take up parkour
Read War and Peace
Take ecstasy
Try stand-up comedy
Go to a sex club
Determined to complete them all, Charlie embarks on a chaotic odyssey through her own spectacular midlife crisis, challenging herself to become the person she wants to be. But what happens if we’re not that person? How do we learn to let them go? Or does something else have to give?
Uproariously funny and deeply human, 45 Things… is an all-too relatable story of what it means to be alive and how much living we all still have to do.
Narrated by the inimitable Isy Suttie (Peep Show), 45 Things… is the perfect listen for fans of Dolly Alderton, Caitlin Moran and Marian Keyes.
