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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A review buried in a rant Mar 06, 2008
By Gabrielle D'adamo
I am 58, and like many women my age, I am walking the emotionally exhausting bridge between careerism and retirement. I like to think this process would be more agreeable if I could endure it in solitude, one tall glass of Chardonnay at a time. As it happens, I walk this bridge in lockstep with the most powerful consumer class in modern history. The demographic realities are enough to make a marketing executive salivate: There are 77 million of us, each with lots of time, lots of energy and lots of money. For their targeting convenience, focus group data suggests we subdivide neatly by our respective neuroses. Some of us need to look and feel young. Some of us have to associate with the latest brands. Some of us have to stay on the cutting edge of diet and nutrition trends. Some of us have to be wireless and portable. Some of us need to travel. Some need to keep working. The result, as many of you know, is suffocating. I can't flip a channel or a page without being reminded that what with my kids grown up and out of the house, I'd look good behind the wheel of a sleek, sporty sedan; that a new anti-oxident found in kiwis could dramatically reduce my risk of early onset alzheimers; that Diane Keaton's new movie is witty, biting and all but certain to inspire.
It is thus a pleasant irony that in this mess of a multi-billion dollar marketing blitz, the most rewarding product I've discovered was not thrust upon me but rather stumbled upon. I found Alisa Singer's book buried in the caverns of [...]. I've read it three times - once aloud to my book club. It is with enthusiasm that I echo the sentiments of previous reviewers: Singer's work is at once profoundly inspiring and refreshingly light-hearted. In an era of hyper-minimalism, an era in which artists leave an increasingly substantial interpretive workload for their viewers, Singer is to be commended for her multi-media, narrative approach. If nothing else, "I Still Wanna Be a..." offers an inexpensive, if self-evident remedy for the crestfallen Boomer: imagination.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Graduation Gift May 13, 2008
By Dan from Berwyn, Illinois
Just finished reading this profoundly funny book.
Offers great subliminal advice to those considering
career opportunities. Now I'm done with my shopping
for graduation gifts for my college-age nieces and nephews.
This is the perfect gift....and at the right price!!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
GREAT Mother's Day Gift!! May 07, 2008
By !!!!!
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Great Mother's Day gift idea or gift for any occassion for women of any age. One cannot help but smile at the
artist's self-portraits....
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Fabulous Gift! May 06, 2008
By Edie
Upon first glance, I was immediately amused by the optimism and innocence portrayed,
funny picture by even funnier picture. Then, I started reading the poems...
...they are laugh-out-loud hilarious!!!
This book is a GREAT gift for just about anybody, for any occasion. It is brilliant
and hopeful and promises laughter and long-lasting smiles.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Delightful art by a corporate lawyer! Mar 10, 2008
By Marilee C. Unruh
I'm pretty sure that I would like this book even if I didn't know its author, but I really love it at least in part because I do know her, in her day-job capacity as a corporate lawyer. I'm also a 50-something woman corporate lawyer, and it's so inspiring that Alisa is that AND an artist and author. Finally, a role model for us all!
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