Book description
I>is a new stage of life for women over fifty. The first generation
of socially emancipated women have reached an important frontier; they
have fulfilled all their roles - daughter, wife, mother, career woman.
Yet with longer life expectancy and better health they have no intention
of retiring from the world. At the same time these women are
experiencing an often bewildering array of physical readjustments: their
brains experience a growth very similar to that in adolescence, they
enter menopause, their sexual and emotional rhythms change. Such
momentous challenges raise three crucial questions that each woman must
answer for herself: What matters? What works? What's next? Drawing on
interviews, science, trend analysis and her own struggles, Levine
explores all the issues and offers countless stories of how others have
answered those three questions. This is the inspiring handbook and
companion for every woman entering these uncharted waters.
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'Nothing could be more overdue, needed and
filled with hope than a vision for this last and most
productive third of life' Gloria Steinem 'A you-go-girl
manual for the menopause crowd, Levine's book will be
welcomed by women who want to make the most of their lives
from age fifty on ... Levine's perspective is welcome and
her anecdotes inspiring' People 'Her view of Second
Adulthood is positive and reassuring. Levine has a knack for
speaking directly to her readers ... Easy-to-take,
down-to-earth, yet uplifting' Kirkus Reviews 'She does not
shy away from the hard truth ... Levine's prose leaps to
life when she writes from heartfelt experience' The Times
I>is a new stage of life for women over
fifty. The first generation of socially emancipated women
have reached an important frontier; they have fulfilled all
their roles - daughter, wife, mother, career woman. Yet with
longer life expectancy and better health they have no
intention of retiring from the world. At the same time these
women are experiencing an often bewildering array of
physical readjustments: their brains experience a growth
very similar to that in adolescence, they enter menopause,
their sexual and emotional rhythms change. Such momentous
challenges raise three crucial questions that each woman
must answer for herself: What matters? What works? What's
next? Drawing on interviews, science, trend analysis and her
own struggles, Levine explores all the issues and offers
countless stories of how others have answered those three
questions. This is the inspiring handbook and companion for
every woman entering these uncharted waters.
>
Second Adulthood <
