Publishers Weekly: “Hollander takes on everything from late-life sex with vibrators to peculiar herbal remedies for menopausal symptoms, rounding it all off with a most astonishing fantasy, where she’s reborn as Rex Stout. Brimming with bad attitude, Hollander is a real gift to women of a certain age.’”

Jules Feiffer: “Infectious, smart, wacky, laugh-out-loud funny and gorgeously written. One wonders why Nicole Hollander didn't cut down on her Sylvia strip twenty-five years ago so as to give us more of this character she says is herself, but reminds me rather of a high I.Q. Lucy Ricardo, with a half-dozen Ethel-like girlfriends, and not a Ricky in sight, nor missed.”

Gina Barreca, The Chronicle Review: "Trust me — if you buy it for somebody else, you’ll end up keeping it for yourself and buying them something less expensive." (Read the whole review)

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Sara Paretsky, author of the V.I. Warshawski novels: “Nicole Hollander has hit the nail on the head—or rather, the high heel on the spike. Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial is wry, filled with the hallmark Hollander wit, and ultimately, profoundly moving. Everyone who wrestles with changing perspectives on families, friends, and their own unpredictable bodies will stay up late, as I did, to finish this book.”