From the bestselling author of A Shed of One’s Own, a very funny memoir about being 60.
Marcus Berkmann’s funny, instantly recognisable description of middle-age in A Shed of One’s Own struck a chord and turned it into a bestseller. Now he looks at life ten years on.
Well, as Marcus describes, the body continues to fall apart, along with the bank balance – but it’s certainly not all doom and gloom. You have come to terms with your deficiencies and eccentricities (and if you have a partner they may be better adjusted to them too); you might have finally conquered your FOMO; you have embraced the notion of the Power Nap – and though you’re not really going to embark on a course of something called ‘mindfulness’ you nevertheless recognise if living in the moment also includes walking to the local for a pint with an old friend then you’ll sign up for it after all…
‘Berkmann is a fine observer of decline. He says what other men would rather not think about, let alone discuss. Another ten years pottering around in his shed and he’ll have cracked it’ Sunday Times
