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On being 40(ish) / edited by Lindsey Mead.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019]Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: xxi, 229 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501172120
  • 1501172123
  • 9781501172144
  • 150117214X
Other title:
  • On being fortyish
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 920.72 O58 Available 33111009321197
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Like a pep talk from your big sister, favorite cousin and wise best friend. These 15 smart, funny women expertly capture what it's like to get older... A must read for anyone 40ish or beyond." --Joanna Goddard, Cup of Jo

Fifteen powerful women and writers you know and love--from the pages of the New Yorker, New York Times, Vogue, Glamour, and The Atlantic--offer captivating, intimate, and candid explorations about what it's really like turning forty--and that the best is yet to come.

The big 4-0. Like eighteen and twenty-one, this is a major and meaningful milestone our lives--especially for women. Turning forty is a poignant doorway between youth and...what comes after; a crossroads to reflect on the roads taken and not, and the paths yet before you. The decade that follows is ripe for nostalgia, inspiration, wisdom, and personal growth.

In this dazzling collection, fifteen writers explore this rich phase in essays that are profound, moving and above all, brimming with joie de vivre. With a diverse array of voices--including Veronica Chambers, Meghan Daum, Kate Bolick, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Sloane Crosley, KJ Dell'Antonia, Julie Klam, Jessica Lahey, Catherine Newman, Sujean Rim, Jena Schwartz, Sophfronia Scott, Allison Winn Scotch, Lee Woodruff, and Jill Kargman--On Being 40(ish) offers deeply personal, often hilarious perspectives across a range of universal themes--friendship, independence, sex, beauty, aging, wisdom, and the passage of time.

Beautifully designed to make the perfect gift, and to be a treasure to turn to time and time again, On Being 40(ish) reflects the hopes, fears, challenges and opportunities of a generation.

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.

"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.

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