Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time: A Novel

A woman has no choice left but to enjoy the adventure of lifeand its surprisesin a funny and emotionally moving comedy of errors about the gifts of growing older. Olivia Strauss is turning thirty-nine. No major milestone. She still considers herself young. At least young enough to assume she has decades (emphasis on the plural) to check the unchecked boxes of her lifes to-do list. Ballerina? Too late. But not too late for poet. Or for reigniting the romantic spark in her marriage, spending more quality time with her son, switching careers, learning to cook, or even dyeing her hair a bright bohemian pink. Shell get to that one. Theres timeuntil Olivias best friend, Marian, gives her a birthday present she could have lived without. Its a visit to a trendy wellness clinic with a state-of-the-art genetic test that can predict the exact date of ones death. Its just what Olivias always wanted: an expiration date. As for her aspirations, who knew they were limited-time offers? One things for sure. Olivias got a lot of living to do. At this point, what could go wrong?