Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Life After Forty
    Life After Forty
    Life After Forty
    Audiobook6 hours

    Life After Forty

    Written by Dora Heldt

    Narrated by Teri Clark Linden

    3/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    When Christine’s husband of ten years dumps her over the phone while she watches a Hugh Grant film she is sent spinning on a cathartic, self-medicated journey to the land of self-acceptance and self-reliance. Surrounded by her sister and a strong support group of friends, Christine learns how to deal with the horrors of dating, finding new appliances, and the exhilarating feeling of shopping without consequence.

    An uproarious look at the suddenly single life of a divorcee, Dora Heldt’s first book to appear in English captures the zeitgeist of the new millennium with searing insight while never deigning to take itself too seriously. Sparkling dialogue and unforgettable characters create a vibrant world of sardonic, take-no-prisoners women who hold their own in a world geared toward acceptance of their younger selves. Not since Bridget Jones’ Diary or Sex in the City has anything like Life After Forty so accurately and thoroughly expressed the modern female point of view with such startling clarity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    TranslatorJamie Lee Searle
    Release dateMay 8, 2012
    ISBN9781455880669
    Life After Forty
    Author

    Dora Heldt

    Dora Heldt was born in 1961 on the North Sea island of Sylt. She was trained as a bookseller and has worked in publishing since 1992. She is the author of Life After Forty and Vacation with Dad, which spent sixty-one weeks on Germany’s bestseller list upon its release there in 2008. She lives today in Hamburg, Germany.

    More audiobooks from Dora Heldt

    Related to Life After Forty

    Related audiobooks

    Contemporary Women's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      ASK Aunty Nelly

      Sep 3, 2020

      ASK Aunty Nelly
      2 min read

    • Article

      Grave Warning

      Sep 3, 2020

      Grave Warning
      5 min read

    • Article

      Has Fern Got A New Man?

      Apr 27, 2021

      Has Fern Got A New Man?
      3 min read

    • Article

      HOW I WRITE Lucinda Riley

      Jun 17, 2019

      Irish-born Lucinda Riley is the bestselling author of over 20 novels. Her Seven Sisters series has topped the charts the world over, and has been optioned for a TV show. I have to write my first draft in total solitude. As we have four kids and our

      1 min read

    • Article

      Evidence Of Evil

      Oct 1, 2020

      Evidence Of Evil
      4 min read

    • Article

      Kailyn Lowry

      Mar 19, 2019

      Kailyn Lowry
      4 min read

    • Article

      Secrets From The Past

      May 18, 2022

      Secrets From The Past
      8 min read

    • Article

      ‘To Tell The Truth...’

      Apr 22, 2020

      ‘To Tell The Truth...’
      10 min read

    • Article

      A Life For a Life

      Jul 7, 2022

      A Life For a Life
      3 min read

    • Article

      Your Shout

      Feb 21, 2020

      Hi, my name is Claire, and in 2005 I met my wife through your magazine. We have been together 16 years and married for six years. My wife lives on the Isle of Man and I moved from Spalding in Lincolnshire in 2007 to be with her. I just wanted to say

      2 min read

    • Article

      Room Service

      Apr 19, 2023

      Room Service
      8 min read

    • Article

      Her blissful EARLY DAYS

      Sep 15, 2022

      Her blissful EARLY DAYS
      2 min read

    • Article

      Heavy Heart

      Feb 5, 2022

      Heavy Heart
      6 min read

    • Article

      Begin Again

      Jun 14, 2022

      My grandfather came to live with me. There was nowhere else for him to go. What had happened to all his children? Death, decay, exile—I hardly know. My own parents died of pain. But I must not be too gloomy, at the beginning, or you will leave me, an

      6 min read

    • Article

      Out Of Control

      Jun 17, 2021

      Out Of Control
      5 min read

    • Article

      Just the TWO OF US

      Jun 4, 2020

      Just the TWO OF US
      3 min read

    • Article

      St Helena’s HELPING HAND

      Mar 18, 2020

      St Helena’s HELPING HAND
      3 min read

    • Article

      Witness

      Jun 9, 2020

      My sister threw open the door so that it banged against the little console table she kept by the entrance. “Silas,” she said breathlessly, before even removing her coat, “I have to tell you something.” Which was enough to make me feel trapped, as tho

      25 min read

    • Article

      Cat And Mouse

      Sep 28, 2023

      Cat And Mouse
      6 min read

    • Article

      Who Had I Married?

      Feb 15, 2024

      Who Had I Married?
      4 min read

    • Article

      Bump In The Night

      Oct 6, 2022

      Bump In The Night
      8 min read

    • Article

      Caught In The Cubicle

      Jan 26, 2023

      Caught In The Cubicle
      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Life After Forty

    3/5

    15 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words