About the book, from the publisher:
According to author Doree Lewak, the Panic Years mark the point (usually around your twenty-sixth birthday) when your dating agenda fundamentally changes—from dating for a fling to dating for a ring. Suddenly your newly married friends feel more like enemies, weddings become mocking reminders of your own single status, and you contemplate going on a reality TV show to find true love. What’s a girl to do?Among the early praise for the book:
In The Panic Years, Lewak delivers a hilarious and helpful road map for conquering the Panic and finding Mr. Right. As Lewak shows, you can win the race to the altar by changing your tactics from Panicked to Proactive—and keeping your sense of humor along the way. You will learn how to:
Cope with Panic by Proxy—pushy friends and parents.
Successfully hunt for PFs (Potential Fiancés).
Project hotness and desirability.
Set—and stick to—dating time lines.
Avoid being bitter at your friends’ weddings—and ruining all their pictures with that scowl on your face.
Get the ring and the proposal and seal the deal!
Packed with true-life stories from the Panic trenches as well as indispensable advice, The Panic Years is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to survive her single years (with sanity intact), snag her perfect guy, and remain fabulous throughout it all.
"The Panic Years brings cheeky humor, style, and insights to a sharp new set of ‘rules’ for single women. I loved it.”Watch Doree Lewak introduce The Panic Years.
—Dave Singleton, relationship columnist for MSN and Match.com, and author of Behind Every Woman There’s a Fabulous Gay Man
"[T]his book by twentysomething Newsday trend reporter Lewak serves as a "boot camp for brides-to-be." Lewak speaks to the bitterness many singles experience seeing happily married young couples and to their desperation at being still single. While she encourages the single female reader to enjoy her freedom, she devotes entire chapters to such topics as how to project hotness and desirability and when to start booking the caterers. The writing is sassy and humorous, and the quizzes and sidebars are fun."
—School Library Journal
Read an excerpt from The Panic Years, and learn more about the book and author at The Panic Years website and MySpace page.
Doree Lewak's writing work has appeared in Glamour, Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, NY Daily News, Metro, The Jerusalem Post and more.
The Page 99 Test: The Panic Years.
--Marshal Zeringue
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