Prager writes like a dream, sows seeds of thought in the reader's mind with the subtle deftness of a thriller writer

Prager's prose sparkles

Combines memoir, travelogue, and philosophy. Enthusiastically recommended

Elegant and thoughtful

The Smart Girl's Guide to Good Spouskeeping - golden rules for a happy relationship...Economics is about allocating time, money and energy efficiently - and you can use the same principles to get more out of your marriage...Here's how to use spousonomics to make your happiness shares soar.

Tired all the time? Fed up arguing about chores? Spousonomics says applying some economic rules will transform your relationship...according to the authors, [using] economic theories can be a powerful tool to making your marriage successful.

A brilliant and innovative book.

Practical, compelling and hilarious

Frank, funny, insightful and disconcertingly apt, this book transposes the laws and theories of economics onto emotional relationships with daring but effective aplomb.

Jane Shilling is an excellent writer...this is detailed, personal and memorable

The essay form, with its drifts and lurches, suits Shilling's purposes perfectly as she catalogues her experience of middle-ages confusion and loss... all with detail, nuance, enthusiasm and care

The usual stereotypes about grumpy old women are jettisoned in favour of ironic and nuanced observations about sexuality, identity and death in this crisply written memoir about middle age

An honest midlife memoir of ageing, false expectations and unrealised dreams

Detailed, personable and memorable

Her story may not be unusual, but the elegance and range of her writing most certainly is. The journey is a delight

Fans of this beautifully crafted, critically acclaimed memoir of middle-age might well take the view that it should be distributed free on the NHS to all women over 50... a penetrating analysis of the challenges and heartaches of life's middle phase

Shilling casts a self-critical eye over the events that have shaped her life