{"product_id":"how-to-age-disgracefully-9780143137948","title":"How to Age Disgracefully","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An uproarious romp!\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Pooley weaves together the most cleverly flawed and lovable characters and then sets them free to prove that we are limitless at any age.\" --Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSummer Romance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA senior citizens' center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Clare Pooley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens' Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she'll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor turned kleptomaniac to Daphne, who has been hiding from her dark past for decades to Ruby, a Banksy-style knitter who gets revenge in yarn, these seniors look deceptively benign--but when age makes you invisible, secrets are so much easier to hide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the city council threatens to sell the doomed community center building, the members of the Social Club join forces with their tiny friends in the daycare next door--as well as the teenaged father of one of the toddlers and a geriatric dog--to save the building. Together, this group's unorthodox methods may actually work, as long as the police don't catch up with them first.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClare Pooley graduated from Cambridge University, and then spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time writer. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Authenticity Project\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and has been translated into twenty-nine languages. Pooley lives in Fulham, London, with her husband, three children, and two border terriers. \u003ci\u003eIona Iverson's Rules for Commuting\u003c\/i\u003e was her second novel, and \u003ci\u003eHow to Age Disgracefully\u003c\/i\u003e is her third novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51318813524242,"sku":"9780143137948","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04a85a98-7738-4bae-a1f6-05b55b9520f8.jpg?v=1751970311","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-age-disgracefully-9780143137948","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}