At a certain time in life, we all come to realize what is truly important to us and what just doesn’t matter. For Shirley MacLaine, that time is now. In this wise, witty, and fearless collection of small observations and big-picture questions, she shares with readers all those things that she is over dealing with in life, in love, at home, and in the larger world…as well as the things she will get over, no matter how long she lives. Among the things that Shirley is over: people who repeat themselves; conservatives liberals; ill-mannered young people; the poison of celebrity; being polite to boring people; and getting older in Hollywood. As frank and personal as Nora Ephron’s —which, incidentally, Shirley doesn’t since she knows the secrets of good lighting— is MacLaine at her acerbic and irreverent best.