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Why we can't sleep : women's new midlife crisis
Published [2020] by Grove Press, New York
ISBN 9780802147851
Bib Id 2314250
Edition First Grove Atlantic edition.
Description 267 pages ; 21 cm
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2019-040577
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9780802147851 (hardcover) $26.00
0802147852
1611854679
9781611854671
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305.244 C
Title
Why we can't sleep : women's new midlife crisis
Varying Form of Title
Why we cannot sleep
Edition
First Grove Atlantic edition.
Publication Information
[2020] by Grove Press, New York :
Description
267 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
"When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some answers. She looked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers and the Millennials, Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age, problems that were being largely overlooked. Speaking with women across America about their experiences as the generation raised to "have it all," Calhoun found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, underemployed, and overwhelmed. Instead of their issues being heard, they were told instead to lean in, take "me-time," or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order. In Why We Can't Sleep, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of Gen X's predicament and offers solutions for how to pull oneself out of the abyss-and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering, and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them"--
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