F##king Fifty was the original title of my forthcoming memoir. I think of this book as a mid-oir, a mid life memoir, I started writing it at 49 and was shooting for the book to come out when I turned F##king Fifty was the original title of my forthcoming memoir. I think of this book as a mid-oir, a mid life memoir, I started writing it at 49 and was shooting for the book to come out when I turned 50, but it took much longer than I expected to write it and now it's coming out and I'm 52 already. The blog is about writing, reading, and and how I've replaced my blood stream with caffeine and Meg Wolitzer (I'm an insanely devoted reader of hers)....more