The Mom Room Book Club - Dec 2020 - F*cked at 40 by Tova Leigh
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Book Club Episode: Renee and Jen chat about F*cked at 40 by Tova Leigh. They cover some of their favourite topics from the book including; asking for help, marriage after kids, body shame, missing your selfish days, and so much more!
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| 1:14.4 | parents nationwide. Welcome to the mom room podcast. My name is Renee Rina and I am definitely the mom friend |
| 1:34.9 | you have always wanted. All right. So today we are talking about fucked at 40 by Tova Lee. |
| 1:49.7 | And this book came out in 2020. I found Tova on TikTok and started talking to her on TikTok and then on Instagram. And I was on her podcast with her and |
| 1:57.6 | her husband. And then she came on my podcast. And then I realized that she had this book |
| 2:02.0 | and I was like, wow, this book would be perfect for the book club just because of what it's about. |
| 2:07.6 | And so yeah, it was December's book. And a little snippet that I just wanted to read from the back |
| 2:14.7 | is, I think it's a part of a review or maybe it's just the description, |
| 2:19.5 | but it says, |
| 2:20.0 | Fucked at 40 is a funny, raw and empowering midlife crisis. |
| 2:24.2 | Tova Lee takes the reader along her journey of rediscovering her identity after motherhood, |
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