TY - BOOK AU - Mead,Lindsey TI - On being 40(ish) SN - 9781501172120 PY - 2019///] CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Women KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Maturation (Psychology) KW - Aging KW - Literary collections N1 - Introduction / Lindsey Mead -- Same life, higher rent / Meghan Daum -- Untitled / Julie Klam -- It's a game of two halves / Veronica Chambers -- What we talk about when we talk about our face / Sloane Crosley -- Why I didn't answer your email / KJ Dell-Antonia -- I became an actress at 39 / Jill Kargman -- Inheritance and tip of my tongue / Jena Schwartz -- Adaptation of life / Kate Bolick -- There?s a metaphor here / Allison Winn Scotch -- The breathtaking potential of the attosecond / Jessica Lahey -- Soulmates: a timeline in clothing / Catherine Newman -- Illustration / Sujean Rim -- I don't have time for this / Sophfronia Scott -- Youth dew / Lee Woodruff -- Quantum physics for birthdays / Taffy Brodesser-Akner -- TBD / Elisabeth Egan N2 - "In this dazzling collection, fifteen writers explore this rich phase in essays that are profound and moving and above all, brimming with joie de vivre. This diverse array of voices including Veronica Chambers, Meghan Daum, Kate Bolick, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Sloane Crosley, KJ DellAntonia, Julie Klam, Jessica Lahey, Catherine Newman, Sujean Rim, Jena Schwartz, Sophfronia Scott, Allison Winn Scotch, Lee Woodruff, and Jill Kargmanoffer exciting, deeply personal, and poignant perspectives across a range of themes, friendship, independence, sex, beauty, aging, wisdom, and the passage of time." --Amazon.com ER -