Growing older is like being young, only more extreme

  • Unsparing, funny and encouraging – the book for all women in the third quarter of life
  • For all Fröhlich/Kleis fans who want to know how to stay young and age beautifully at the same time
  • Total circulation of the bestselling duo: Over 1 million copies

Everyone talks about ageing, we're doing it!

 

More exercise in our daily lives, losing weight, maintaining friendships, rediscovering ourselves, the world, maybe even love – in theory, we women have countless wonderful plans for the happy hours of our lives. In practice, however, not only chin hair grows with age, but also inertia and fatalism. 
Susanne Fröhlich and Constanze Kleis have many suggestions on how to stand up to the impositions of aging. All of them, of course, tried and tested in self-experimentation. They try out the longevity hype, don't shy away from ice bathing or tattoo parlours or old people's discos, learn how to do sums again for their pension and show how both being single and being with an older man can be a source of joy for a long time to come. Their credo: we can still change if we want to. 

 

‘Our motto: Be stronger than your strongest excuse – small steps are better than no steps!’

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  • Publisher: Knaur HC
  • Release: 01.04.2025
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-56148-5
  • 256 Pages
  • Authors: Susanne FröhlichConstanze Kleis
Growing older is like being young, only more extreme
Susanne Fröhlich Constanze Kleis Growing older is like being young, only more extreme
Gaby Gerster
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Susanne Fröhlich

Susanne Fröhlich is one of the best-known authors in Germany. The writer, journalist and presenter works for Hessischer Rundfunk among other places. Both her non-fiction titles like “Fröhlich fasten” (Fröhlich Fasts) and her novels, most recently, “Verzogen” (Address Unknown), have all become best-sellers including “Moppel-Ich” (Pudgy Me) with over 1 million copies sold. Susanne Fröhlich lives close to Frankfurt am Main.

Gaby Gerster
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Constanze Kleis

Journalist and best-selling author  Constanze Kleis lives in Frankfurt. Her books - many of which she has written together with Susanne Fröhlich - have achieved total sales of more than 600,000 copies. Her book, “Jeder Fisch ist schön, wenn er an der Angel hängt” (Every fish is beautiful when it is hanging on a hook) was nominated for the Deutscher Buchpreis. Constanze Kleis has worked for many years for daily papers like Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and she has a column in the magazine “Freundin”.