Sadly, however, the majority of chick lit I come across is pretty terrible. Sometimes I've enjoyed even the fluffiest of chick lit books under the right circumstances - Who wants to lug an 800-page tome about the human condition to the beach anyway? Give me a quick escapist read with a happy-ever-after! Sometimes I read one with real humor or well-written characters that makes me really stand up and defend the entire genre, like Something Borrowed or Bridget Jones' Diary.
I have a truly love-hate relationship with chick lit. Does she dare stay young for more than this day, even if it means leaving everyone she loves behind?įresh, funny, and delightful, 29 is an enchanting adventure about families, love, and the real lessons of youth.
While Ellie finds that the life of a twenty-something is not as carefree as she expected, the sheer joy of being young again prompts her to consider living her life all over. But who expects a wish like that to come true?Ģ9 is the story of three generations of women and how one magical day shakes up everything they know about each other. So when she finds herself confronted with a cake full of candles, Ellie wishes more than anything that she could be twenty-nine again, just for one day. Ellie's done everything she can to stay young, and the last thing she wants is to celebrate another birthday. Halpern lives in Los Angeles with her husband, director and screenwriter Jonathan Goldstein whom she married in 2007.What if you closed your eyes, blew out the candles, and your wish came true?Įllie Jerome is a young-at-heart seventy-five-year-old who feels she has more in common with her twenty-nine-year-old granddaughter, Lucy, than her fifty-five-year-old daughter, Barbara. Amy Adams is attached to star in The Ten Best Days of My Life. īoth The Ten Best Days of My Life and 29 have been optioned by 20th Century Fox for film adaptations. Halpern followed this with three novels, The Ten Best Days of My Life, 29 and Pinch Me, each of which followed a female protagonist coping with fantastical events. In 2004, Halpern began writing a monthly column for Marie Claire Magazine titled "Haute Life." In 2007, she adapted her column into her first published book, Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet. She then received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Adena Halpern (born December 8, 1968) is an American author best known for her "chick lit" novels, "The Ten Best Days of My Life," "29" and "Pinch Me."Īfter graduating from Harriton High School outside Philadelphia, she attended New York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing.
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