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Since her ex-husband ran off with a lingerie model and she hardly ever sees her grown sons, Manhattan wannabe socialite Miriam Elizabeth Swanson decides a change is in order. Heading to South Carolina to reconnect with her roots, she gets back on track with help from a handsome new friend.
2) Broken light
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Pegasus Crime
Publication Date
2023.
Language
English
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Bernie Moon's ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by everyone else--including Bernie herself. At 19 she was full of promise, but now facing 50 and going through the menopause, she's a fading light. Until the murder of a woman in a local park unlocks a series of childhood memories, and with them, a talent that she has hidden all her adult life. What happens when the frustrations and power of an older woman are finally given their chance to be...
3) What would Virginia Woolf do?: and other questions I ask myself as I attempt to age without apology
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Grand Central Life & Style
Publication Date
2018.
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English
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The creator of the Facebook group, "What Would Virginia Woolf Do?" shares anecdotes by and for perimenopausal women on the challenges and wisdom of the second half of life, offering advice on subjects ranging from fashion and skin care to sex and surviving the empty nest.
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2024.
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English
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A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.
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Persephone
Publication Date
2008
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English
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Miss Pettigrew, a governess looking for work, is sent by mistake to the home of Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous nightclub singer involved with three different men and is invited to stay after offering Miss LaFosse common sense advice about her love life.
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Running Press
Publication Date
c2015
Language
English
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"The Woman's Wakeup is a user-friendly, inspirational guide that provides firsthand advice for women on everything from dating (again!) to being a glam grandmother, reviving a wardrobe, making friends in a new town, working in a new environment, and figuring out how to stand out in a youth-obsessed world. Filled with Johnson's expert tips--as well as interviews with medical professionals and women 50+ of various walks of life who have been there,...
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2022]
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English
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Drawing on her twenty-year medical career, the doctor known for her "Menopause Bootcamp" gatherings helps readers not only survive the physiological and psychological transition, but embrace and even celebrate this remarkable developmental phase, which can be the start of something new and wonderful.
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Harlequin
Publication Date
c2010
Language
English
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In the tradition of "The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Life," as well as inspirational guides like "The Power of Now," this work provides women over 40 with the tools they need to survive, thrive, and be happy in the second half of life.
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2018.
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English
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The author confronts the realities of being forty, examining how the modern forties are less associated with midlife than in the past and discussing the disconnects of social media, the French perspectives about libido, and the challenges of raising kids while caring for aging parents.
13) Twenty
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English
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"At age fifty-five, Meg's life is too filled with loss for her to remember what magic feels like. All she has left is a yard brimming with plants that are wilting in the scorching Iowa summer--and a bone-deep feeling that she's through with living. Meg has something else too: a bottle of mysterious pills, given to her years ago by an empathetic doctor. He promised that they would offer her dying mother a quick, painless end in exactly twenty days....
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Voice/Hyperion
Publication Date
c2008
Language
English
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From the bestselling author of A Year by the Sea, this memoir is a coming-of-age story for every woman who has asked herself: "Now what?"
The Second Journey chronicles Anderson's quest to restore equilibrium to her life after the responsibilities of being a mother, wife, grandmother, caretaker, and bestselling author distract her, almost dangerously, from taking care of herself. Suffused with Anderson's characteristic humor and warmth, this book...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
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A humorous collection of personal essays discusses the author's career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated results, and the evolution of her relationship with her e-mail in-box.
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Blue Rider Press
Publication Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Not one to shy away from the grisly realities of middle age, Gurwitch confronts the various indignities faced by women of a certain age with candor, wit, and a healthy dose of hilarious self-deprecation. The ultimate coming-of-middle-age story and a must-read for women of all ages. Reading glasses not included.
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Time Inc. Books
Publication Date
c2016
Language
English
Description
"Women are spending an unprecedented one-third of their life spans in menopause, experiencing these common symptoms and changes in record numbers. This essential guide debunks the myth that what works for one will work for all. With an in-depth look at lifestyle strategies, over-the-counter medications, nutritional supplements and hormone therapy, you'll find a reliable and balanced approach for taking charge of your own health and getting the best...
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Hot Flash Club volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
When the Hot Flash friends gather at the spa to trim the Christmas tree, they share steaming mugs of hot chocolate, a few laughs, and a vow to make this holiday one to remember.
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Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Publication Date
c2020
Language
English
Description
"A wise spiritual guide helps women navigate menopause and embrace the remarkable physical, psychological, and spiritual transformation that occurs in this stage of life"-- Provided by publisher.
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