I've known Annabelle Gurwitch for years, and one of the things I've always loved about her writing is the ways she's able to find things in her personal experience that we can all identify with, and I See You Made an Effort is no exception. It's a collection of essays about life at "the edge of 50" that touches upon health concerns, beauty anxieties, family turbulence, and the increasing realization that you're just not the young person you'd gotten used to seeing yourself as anymore. I'm hugely biased in her favor, but Annabelle's writing is funny and heartwarming and I'm sure listening to her talk will leave you feeling much the same way.
