Sooner or later, each of us must face the day we develop a disturbing new
interest in lawn care; the day we order sauvignon blanc instead of Rolling Rock;
the day we refuse to see any concert where we cannot sit down. Sooner or later,
each of us must face the day we turn uncool. Dan Zevin, who ?was never exactly
Fonz-like to begin with,? is having a hilariously hard time moving from his
twenties to his thirties, and he confesses everything in these comic
not-coming-of-age tales. As he shamefully employs his first cleaning lady,
becomes abnormally attached to his dog, and commits flagrant acts of home
improvement, Dan?s headed for an early midlife crisis?and a
better-late-than-never revelation: Growing up is really nothing to be reluctant
about. In fact, it?s very cool.