I'd heard some good things about this title, the author's name rang a bell (although I couldn't remember what other books to credit to her). I started this, and was enjoying it, but just felt it was a little too like Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting. I loved that one, so maybe I was feeling a little protective. Then low and behold, Iona's names comes up in this book ... (just a little Easter egg), it's by the same author. Ahhhh! I think I then relaxed and thoroughly enjoyed the book.

The Prologue is one of those "moments" from later in the book, that we get a glimpse of at the start. Now normally I really dislike this little technique, often I feel like it's a spoiler, as I know what's going to happen. Here though, introducing us during absolute mayhem, well, it was pretty funny. Everyone on the bus "confessing" to the police, everyone having something in their past ... and then the story starts (three months earlier) and we get to know all the individuals and what their secrets are.

There were quite a few characters, it was a bit of a challenge learning/remembering who everyone was. It was all 3rd person/past tense, shifting POVs between four of the main ones ... Daphne (a 70 year old, the MC really), Art (75 year old, out of work actor, kleptomaniac), Lydia (early 50s, running the senior center, troubled marriage) and Ziggy (a high-school age single-father). 

I didn't have a physical copy (this is quite new) but had been able to borrow the audio and Kindle copy from the library. It was hard to shift between formats though, as there were no chronological chapters, I might know I was in a "Daphne" chapter ... but which one?  Numbered chapters along with the POV would have been helpful. 

Word Notes: ProFanity (x12) and some mentions of sex, nothing explicit. I'm fairly certain that "rifling" in the text was pronounced "riffling" (just something I note, the two very similar, but different words). Macramé - a British pronunciation? Ma-COME-ray.  Cerulean.  

There was a jewelry heist mentioned in the story - apparently it was a real thing, in 2015 and there was a movie made about it (King of Thieves) ... but it doesn't have great reviews on IMDB, otherwise I think it's a subject I'd be interested in seeing. 

I was glad the author's note was included in the audio (it isn't always) but it was interesting to get some of the author's thoughts (she's 54, and I'll turn 54 this year too). She says "There's nothing more boring than a character without flaws" ... her characters are NOT boring! No discussion questions included, but I found some online https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729893/how-to-age-disgracefully-by-clare-pooley/9780593831496/readers-guide/ 
https://libromaniacs.com/how-to-age-disgracefully-book-club-questions/

If I'm not reading a book for book club, where there will be a discussion - I really like to at least peek at some questions (love the recent trend of them being included in the book itself). Just thinking about things I might not have on my own.