Sentence examples for grownup issues from inspiring English sources
The conservative press loves a good woman v woman – or "author v princess" – fight because it suggests that women are all hysterical girlies who can't be trusted with proper grownup issues because they'll start throwing tampons at one another.
But "Revolutionary Road" predates "The Feminine Mystique" by two years, and its clichés — disillusionment in the suburbs, grownups with daddy issues, Paris as Bohemian refuge — were not yet well worn in American literature in 1961, when the book was first published.
Grownup schedulers, take note.
Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI, calls it a "grownup film", which tackles sensitive issues and reveals the extent of Mander's cinematic ambition.
And fourth best, if none of the above seems feasible, just issue a heartfelt apology like a grownup.
So then, knickers (for want of a better word) and the practical issues to consider before attempting to source grownup girly ones.
Third on the American list (from which Potter is excluded), Anne Tyler's novel "Back When We Were Grownups" (reviewed in this week's issue) shows she can write popular literary fiction of the highest order.In a sea of self-help, a striking item on the American non-fiction list is "Stolen Lives", a translation from French about political oppression in Morocco.
