How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon Audiobook

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• How to Be Old is a story of aging, of course, but it's primarily a story of living: with verve, with introspection, with great majesty. No one makes me more excited to be old than Lyn Slater.

  — Anne Helen Petersen, author of The Burnout Generation and Out of Office

• Lyn Slater is not only an accidental icon; she is a true phenomenon, a creative and cultural catalyst, a visual poet whose medium ranges from Watanabe to Miyake, Valentino to Demeulmeester and far beyond. This is a book about what it means to live one's life as an artist, to consider one's place in the world far beyond the prefabricated strictures of so-called age, and instead to think of beauty, creativity, and fashion as the right of every woman. I absolutely loved this book.

  — Elissa Altman, author of Motherland

• Lyn would stand out in any crowd not because of her style but because of her presence. Fashion compliments her personality and is the thread through which she chose to tell us her story—but to me what it expresses is her uniqueness, the type that the world needs—the one that stretches the imagination and makes us question the status quo.

  — Garance Doré, New York Times bestselling author of Love, Style, Life

• In equal parts inspirational and aspirational, Lyn Slater’s How to Be Old is a rousing, thrilling ride of a book. Being old is a privilege and a gift. Slater’s combination of curiosity, glamour, and activism will make readers of all ages take heart.

  — Dani Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author

• Lyn Slater shows the world once and for all that women of all ages are valuable, beautiful and (dare I say it) sexy. Overflowing with inimitable style, wit and candor, How To Be Old is a powerful treaty on what it means to be comfortable, confident—and fully present—in your own skin.

  — Debbie Millman, author of Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits and host of the Design Matters podcast

• Finally! A book about growing older that isn’t focused on anti-aging or trying to hold on to the aesthetics of youthfulness. Through the generous retelling of her experiences and lessons learned, Lyn Slater provides readers (both young and old) with guidance on how to prepare for and embrace the blessings and benefits of our inevitable golden years. How To Be Old is an honest exploration of what it means to live… and to do so fully and unapologetically. What a gift Lyn has given us to help navigate this journey called life.

  — Christine Platt, bestselling author of The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less

• By being visible on the digital side, Lyn undoes binaries and outdated thinking. And with her book, How to Be Old, Lyn undoes it again, bigger, intentionally, carefully, teaching the many of us who need her guidance to meet ourselves at our age (any age for that matter), again and again with creativity and heart. There is nothing accidental about the icon that is Lyn and this book.

  — LaTonya Yvette, Storyteller, author of Woman of Color and The Hair Book

• Lyn Slater is not only an accidental icon; she is a true phenomenon, a creative and cultural catalyst, a visual poet whose medium ranges from Watanabe to Miyake, Valentino to Demeulmeester and far beyond. This is a book about what it means to live one's life as an artist, to consider one's place in the world far beyond the prefabricated strictures of so-called age, and instead to think of beauty, creativity, and fashion as the right of every woman. I absolutely loved this book.

  — Elissa Altman, author of Motherland

• What happens when you begin to live outside of the expectations of your culture, your family, your sense of yourself and your sense of your own possibilities? These are the questions I asked myself as I read Lyn Strater's remarkable memoir, a wise and funny story of the path she did not expect to find herself on, which is also the path where she found herself anew. How To Be Old is How To Live, too.

  — Alexander Chee, award-winning author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

• What happens when you begin to live outside of the expectations of your culture, your family, your sense of yourself and your sense of your own possibilities? These are the questions I asked myself as I read Lyn Slater's remarkable memoir, a wise and funny story of the path she did not expect to find herself on, which is also the path where she found herself anew. How To Be Old is How To Live, too.

  — Alexander Chee, award-winning author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

• Lyn Slater is not only an accidental icon; she is a true phenomenon, a creative and cultural catalyst, a visual poet whose medium ranges from Watanabe to Miyake, Valentino to Demeulmeester and far beyond. This is a book about what it means to live one's life as an artist, to consider one's place in the world far beyond the prefabricated strictures of so-called age, and instead to think of beauty, creativity, and fashion as the right of every woman. I absolutely loved this book.

  — Elissa Altman, author of Motherland

• "Slater’s genuine enthusiasm radiates throughout the text; her tales of resilience and about the evolution of her self-confidence suffuse each page, effectively challenging societal constructs about age. A charming, relatable tale about the power of reinvention.

  — Kirkus