almost 28

"Katie will not go off the rails because suddenly she wakes up one morning and she is sixteen. People do whatever the hell they want to do at any age they fancy. Last year you were twenty-seven. That means you are three years away from thirty. Do you think they day you reach thirty you will be any different than you were at twenty-nine or thirty one for that matter? People create little ideas about ages so they can write silly self-help books, stick stupid comments in birthday cards, create names from internet chat room and LOOK FOR EXCUSES FOR CRISES IN THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THEIR LIFE"

Excerpt from Where Rainbows End by: Cecelia Ahern