Middlepause - On Life After Youth

In a society obsessed with living longer and looking younger, what does middle age mean today? Spurred on by her own menopause, Marina Benjamin's account of our middle years takes inspiration from literature and philosophy to weigh the challenges and opportunities of mid-life. It offers an inspired vision of how to be middle-aged happily and harmoniously, without sentiment or delusion.

About the author

Marina Benjamin’s most recent books are Insomnia, The Middlepause, Rocket Dreams, shortlisted for the Eugene Emme Award, and Last Days in Babylon, longlisted for the Wingate Prize. Her writing has appeared in Granta, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Paris Review, and the digital magazines Literary Hub and Aeon, where she is a senior editor. She lives in London.

Summary

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.

Foreword

In a society obsessed with living longer and looking younger, what does middle age mean today?

Additional text

‘Full of insight.’

Product details

• Authors: Marina Benjamin
• Publisher: Faber Factory Plus GBS
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781911344025
• ISBN: 978-1-911344-02-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Later Years, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Popular psychology, Psychology of ageing, Coping with ageing, Child, developmental, and lifespan psychology, Coping with old age