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Available
Publication
Doubleday (2006), 352 pages
Description
This book brings together the experiences and reflections of twenty-five women over forty as they embark on a new stage of life. The writers explore a wide range of concerns, from keeping love and sex alive, to letting children go, to contemplating plastic surgery. The tales are true, the confessions candid, the humor infectious.
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LibraryThing member satyridae
Delightful exploration of the territory of invisibility. Some of these essays are bemused, some accepting, some glorifying. All of them ring true in some way or another. The standout for me was the final essay, 'Outport Shadows' by Meredith Hall, which talks about the author's mother's battle with
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life histories
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