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By: Marina Benjamin
In a society obsessed with living longer and looking younger, what does middle age mean today?
Spurred by her own brutal propulsion into menopause, Marina Benjamin’s clear-eyed account of our middle years takes inspiration from literature and philosophy to weigh the challenges and opportunities of mid-life. It offers an inspired and expanded vision of how to be middle-aged happily and harmoniously, without sentiment or delusion.
- A meaningful look at middle age that challenges our culture’s obsession with youth, reflects on parenting teenagers and dealing with ageing parents, and examines how different thinkers have conceived of middle age.
- Excellent press coverage in the UK: cover story in The Telegraph Weekend, BBC Radio 4 ‘Woman’s Hour’, The Observer Magazine feature, reviews in almost every major publication.