"Published August 3, 2006 ... Thirty-fourth Printing November 2007"--Title page verso

I feel bad about my neck -- I hate my purse -- Serial monogamy : a memoir -- On maintenance -- Blind as a bat -- Parenting in three stages -- Moving on -- Me and JFK : now it can be told -- Me and Bill : the end of love -- Where I live -- The story of my life in 3,500 words or less -- The lost strudel or Le strudel perdu -- On rapture -- What I wish I'd known -- Considering the alternative

A collection of essays offers a humorous look at the ups and downs of being a woman of a certain age, discussing the tribulations of maintenance and trying to stop the clock, menopause, and empty nests