| Secret Paths: Women in the New Midlife Revised Edition Contributor(s): Apter, Terri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393315002 ISBN-13: 9780393315004 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: In this groundbreaking and insightful study, the bestselling author of Altered Loves traces women's midlife course, drawing on detailed interviews with women in their forties and fifties, who see the second half of life as an opportunity for psychological growth and fulfillment, instead of a time of despair over lost youth and beauty. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.4 |
| LCCN: 95002151 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.52" W x 8.22" (0.81 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this groundbreaking and insightful study Terri Apter traces womens midlife course, drawing on detailed interviews with women in their forties and fifties. Apter finds that women experience a renewed sense of themselves and see the second half of life as an opportunity for psychological growth and fulfillment instead of a time of despair over lost youth and beauty. She divides midlife women into four categories--traditional, innovative, expansive, protesting--and shows the cause for the midlife crisis and the path toward resolution for each type. |
Contributor Bio(s): Apter, Terri: - Terri Apter is a writer, psychologist, and retired Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Her nine books include The Sister Knot and What Do You Want from Me? She lives in Cambridge, England. |