On Being 40(ish) by Lindsey Mead (Editor)

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On Being 40(ish) by Lindsey Mead (Editor)| Expected publication: February 5th 2019 by Simon Schuster  |  256 Pages | Goodreads

✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION

“In the vein of The Bitch in the House, fifteen powerful women offer captivating, intimate, and candid explorations about what it’s really like turning forty—and life beyond.

The big 4-0. Like eighteen and twenty-one, this is a major and meaningful milestone our lives—especially for women. Turning forty is a poignant doorway between youth and…what comes after; a crossroads to reflect on the roads taken and not and the paths yet before you. And the decade that follows is one that is especially ripe for nostalgia, inspiration, wisdom, and personal growth.

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.

Beautifully designed to make the perfect gift, and to be a treasure to turn to time and time again, On Being 40(ish) reflects the hopes, fears, challenges and opportunities of a generation. It will leave you inspired, entertained, and comforted that the best is truly yet to come”

✅ REVIEW

This is a poignant collection of essays by women about their life experiences and outlook after turning forty.

I don’t usually read these types of collections but the description caught my attention, and I’m happy I picked it up. The title includes personal stories from different writers, they explore many themes, from aging, careers, relationships, to the shift in priorities each lived decade.

I related to many of the stories, but my absolutely favorite was THE PEOPLE WHO GOT ME HERE by Julie Klam, I felt emotionally connected from the beginning.

Overall, a meaningful and relatable collection of essays.

Received ARC from the publisher via Netgalley

✅ BOOK SOURCE AND FORMAT

ARC, ebook

 

2 thoughts on “On Being 40(ish) by Lindsey Mead (Editor)”

  1. Another book I haven’t gotten to, despite meaning to. I just turned 43, so it seemed like it would be particularly salient for me, and since it’s a collection of essays, I can make my way through it slowly. Nice review! And thanks for putting it front of mind for me again. 🙂

    1. I read it for the same reason! Having “gone over the hill” already I thought I’d enjoy it

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