Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth
By Beth Teitell
3.5/5
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Short of spending every waking hour engaged in antiaging treatments, is there anything the average woman can do to shave even a few months from her appearance? Do any of the miracle creams, procedures, or magic potions actually make a person look more youthful? Does a woman have to worry about her nasolabial folds if she doesn't even know where they're located on her body? Veteran journalist Beth Teitell aims to find the answers to these questions and many more in her hilarious travels looking for the elusive elixir of youth.
If you feel bad about your neck (or any other body part), if the idea of Botox-filled syringes fills you with horror, if you don't want to empty your wallet to pay for $475 serums that promise to cheer up aging skin or the hourly cost of a facial-fitness coach, or if you don't believe the claims of antiaging gummy bears or age-defying bottled water, then Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth is the book for you. There's not a woman in America who won't see herself in Teitell's struggles or come away feeling that the enormous amount of energy, time, and money we spend trying to restore our bodies to the way they were when we were twenty could be better spent elsewhere.
With honesty, outrage, and wit, Teitell goes deep into the youth-at-any-cost culture and takes it apart from the inside out. And then she reassures us that there is hope—there are things we can do to look and feel younger, and ways we can learn to stop worrying about looking older.
Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth is for every woman who isn't as young as she used to be—a book of wisdom and advice, and a laugh-out-loud look at our age-obsessed culture.
Beth Teitell
Longtime journalist Beth Teitell is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe. Her humorous essays and other articles have appeared on public radio's Marketplace, on Huffington Post and Daily Candy, and in Time, the Washington Post, Shape, and the Boston Herald. She is the author of From Here to Maternity: The Education of a Rookie Mom, and lives in Boston with her husband and two sons.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Just like another early reviewer book I had gotten, I'd written a review of this quite some time back. I'm not sure why it didn't remain online. Beth's discussion and humorous insight into our beauty and youth obsessed culture was a delight to read. With some tips, some laughter, some comical jabs...this book is a must read!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beth Teitell delves into the world of beauty and aging and how we sometimes perceive ourselves and others as we age. Sometimes ridiculous, sometimes very sad, these essays focus so much attention on the obsessiveness of beauty in our lives. I did laugh at some of the statistics and felt exhausted by all the tricks to not appear to age that I am sure I grew a few more gray hairs and added some under-eye baggage just reading this book. If anything I believe more than ever we need humor in our lives and to practice grace in aging is a goal we can all hope to achieve.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A wildly funny expose of the cosmetic extremes women reach for in order to preserve their youth -- or create one that never existed -- all driven by the beauty industry. Dermatologists barrage Teitell with different opinions, cosmetic companies hawk miracle elixirs, and star hairstylists promise life-changing transformations for a three-figure price (not including airfare). Reading this not only made me laugh, but cheered me about dropping out of the beauty race long ago.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Beth Teitell uses humor to explore the marketing of anti-aging products and procedures. What does ‘reduces the appearance of fine lines” mean? Is there really “old lady hair”?Is “age the new fat”?“If you look a particular age, what difference does the number you report to others mean?”“How much more does it cost to be older?”The author interviews experts as she attempts to resolve these questions, and others, in her quest for a shortcut to the fountain of youth…still not satisfied she talks with a magician who advises her to “get people laughing” as a diversion for a sleight of hand..er, a sleight of age.A lot of research was squeezed in between the humor.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beth Teitell's book is a humorous 'expose' of what some women are willing to go through today for beauty and the 'appearance' of youth. She has obviously done extensive research for this book. But sometimes I find all the background facts and references a little too heavy for my reading taste. Barely a paragraph goes by without a quote from someone. I think this hides a lot of her own writing talent, which is very tongue-in-cheek and laced with humor. I think her message is "Let's face it Ladies, we need to laugh at ourselves a little here."
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I just finished reading Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth, written by Beth Teitell. I was initially under the impression that this was a chick lit novel. It is not. This book is really more along the lines of musings, from the author, Beth Teitell, on the subject of age and aging. It reminded me a little bit of a Nora Ephron type book - but with more sarcasm and dark humor.I particularly liked the chapters where the author uses examples from her own life to highlight a point or a comment.The tone of the book is quite down to earth and the writing is to the point and entertaining, but for some reason, this book left me flat. I did not hate it and I did not like it - it was a quick read that did not really stay with me after I closed the cover.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A spirited, lighthearted look at our obsession with youth in this culture. From cosmetic surgery, battling wrinkles, keeping slim and fit and even the trend of men beginning to jump on the anti-aging bandwagon, Teitell's sense of humor and honesty is refreshing in that she is able to poke fun at an obsession to which almost anyone can relate. A title not to be missed.