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"A young journo mines a brief life and years of advice from friends and professionals — counselors, social workers, her car mechanic Shane — in order to create this how-to guide to becoming (or simply being) a 'grown-up.' The 468 steps are more like tips than items on a checklist, and clearly labeled chapters allow readers to pick and choose their entry point. The 'Domesticity' section explains, among other things, how to choose, decorate, and clean an apartment; 'Get a Job' covers networking, job-specific resume-editing, techniques for salary negotiations, and includes a flowchart to determine how many drinks you should have at a company event; and 'Money' walks readers through creating a budget and sticking to it, and illuminates the intricacies of 401(k)s, IRAs, and compound interest (all accompanied by Brown's illustrative sketches of animals — e.g., Pension Panda). Also provided are kitchen tips and simple recipes, thoughts on meeting new friends, tricks for doing laundry, and Shane the mechanic's advice on picking out a used car. Fun, chatty, and surprisingly informative, Brown's guide — already optioned for a TV adaptation, to be backed by Fox and produced by J.J. Abrams — is perfect for the wayward 20-something, or 30-something, or... Agent: Brandi Bowles, Foundry Literary + Media." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Cyrus OBrien, May 25, 2013 (view all comments by Cyrus OBrien)
What an interesting and necessary book! "Adulting" gives advice in steps, and is frank; it doesn't talk down to the reader or try and be 'with it'. It starts off with a bang- "Step One: You are not a special snowflake". The world doesn't care about your good grades in high school, and here's how to deal with that without having a quarter century crisis a few years too early. I love that it doesn't baby the reader. The world is scary, but it will be okay.
"Adulting" covers everything you'd think is obvious, but really isn't. From what to look for before signing the lease on an apartment, to how to use social networking (the face to face kind, not twitter) to your advantage when trying to land a job, how to fix a basic toilet issue to how to build an adult relationship with your mom and dad, this book should be standard issue for seventeen year olds. It's geared toward women first living on their own, or fresh out of college, it has valuable information for everyone, regardless gender. It doesn't mention college at all- this is for the real world.
I wish it had been around when I was first starting out (I'm 24 and have been on my own for a long time , but the things in the book still come up constantly). A great book for graduation... high school or otherwise.
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Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
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"A young journo mines a brief life and years of advice from friends and professionals — counselors, social workers, her car mechanic Shane — in order to create this how-to guide to becoming (or simply being) a 'grown-up.' The 468 steps are more like tips than items on a checklist, and clearly labeled chapters allow readers to pick and choose their entry point. The 'Domesticity' section explains, among other things, how to choose, decorate, and clean an apartment; 'Get a Job' covers networking, job-specific resume-editing, techniques for salary negotiations, and includes a flowchart to determine how many drinks you should have at a company event; and 'Money' walks readers through creating a budget and sticking to it, and illuminates the intricacies of 401(k)s, IRAs, and compound interest (all accompanied by Brown's illustrative sketches of animals — e.g., Pension Panda). Also provided are kitchen tips and simple recipes, thoughts on meeting new friends, tricks for doing laundry, and Shane the mechanic's advice on picking out a used car. Fun, chatty, and surprisingly informative, Brown's guide — already optioned for a TV adaptation, to be backed by Fox and produced by J.J. Abrams — is perfect for the wayward 20-something, or 30-something, or... Agent: Brandi Bowles, Foundry Literary + Media." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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