NORMAL GIRL * THIS IS 40

Normal Girl by Molly Jong-Fast - Miranda is a rich New York party girl who constantly parties and is slipping off the edge.  Told in the first person, it's all the more poignant because the reader is left to figure out whether she is smart enough to realize what's happening to her.  It's a quick read, intelligent and thoughtfully written.

     This is 40 - It might as well have been titled This is 30 or This is 50, because these milestones come along no matter what we do.  In this case, a husband and wife are turning 40 and have a great looking life from the outside.  It's the inside where things are happening, though.  Pure dramady just like we like it from Judd Apatow.  I loved Albert Brooks and Jason Segel.  Inspiration and wisdom sometimes come from the strangest places.  Fun to watch as a very in the moment movie.