On being 40(ish), edited by Lindsey Mead
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On being 40(ish), edited by Lindsey Mead
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non fiction
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On being 40(ish)
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edited by Lindsey Mead
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"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 Dell'Antonia, Julie Klam, Jessica Lahey, Catherine Newman, Sujean Rim, Jena Schwartz, Sophfronia Scott, Allison Winn Scotch, Lee Woodruff, and Jill Kargman--offer exciting, deeply personal, and poignant perspectives across a range of universal themes: friendship, independence, sex, beauty, aging, wisdom, and the passage of time." --Amazon.com
Table Of Contents
Same life, higher rent / Meghan Daum -- Soul mates: a timeline in clothing / Catherine Newman -- 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 thirty-nine / Jill Kargman -- Inheritance / Jena Schwartz -- 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 -- The people who got me here / Julie Klam -- Tried that, doing me / Sophfronia Scott -- Youth Dew / Lee Woodruff -- Quantum physics for birthdays / Taffy Brodesser-Akner
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