| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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| Part One - Don't Look Back |
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At the Container Store / Joyce Maynard |
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2 | (8) |
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The Baby, the Bathwater, and the Bathtub / Carol L. Skolnick |
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10 | (3) |
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My Mother's Menopause / Yitta Halberstam |
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13 | (5) |
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Finding Joy in Midlife / Renie Burghardt |
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18 | (4) |
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Baby Blues / Betty Rollin |
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22 | (5) |
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Clutter, Cleaning, and Catharsis / Nama Frenkel |
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27 | (4) |
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My Ex-Husband's Baby / Joyce Maynard |
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31 | (8) |
| Part Two - Starting the Voyage |
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39 | (56) |
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Signs and symptoms of perimenopause or menopause |
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow / Andrea Marcusa |
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40 | (4) |
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The Joy of Not Bleeding / Shoshana Bat-Zvi |
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44 | (9) |
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Facing the Fire / Nancy Andres |
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53 | (7) |
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Passing the Hormonal Torch / Jennifer Delahunty Britz |
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60 | (4) |
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Three Calls / Barbara Scott |
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64 | (7) |
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Grateful for My Body / Stephanie Marston |
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71 | (4) |
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Beyond the Madness / Nancy Ilk |
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75 | (5) |
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Blood, Toil, Tears, and Cats / Rhonda Keith |
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80 | (7) |
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Love - Finally! / Sally Kaplan |
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87 | (8) |
| Part Three - The Meditative Journey |
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95 | (74) |
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Reflections and revelations on aging and self-image |
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Mirror, Mirror / Madeena Spray Nolan with Amy Lynch |
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96 | (5) |
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Word by Word / Anne Lamott |
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101 | (6) |
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Fearing, Facing, and (Finally!) Embracing Forty / Sandy Henry |
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107 | (5) |
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Today's Grandma / Jozette Aaron |
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112 | (6) |
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Two Women Walking / Davi Walders |
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118 | (2) |
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A Celebration of Wrinkles / Jan Andersen |
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120 | (3) |
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Was That Menopause- / Gail Kavanagh |
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123 | (4) |
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The Changes That Come with "The Change" / Martha Conte |
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127 | (3) |
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Friendship's Return / Amy Lynch |
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130 | (3) |
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The Merry Recluse / Caroline Knapp |
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133 | (5) |
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Some Age-Old Advice: Carpe the Midlife Crisis / Mary Schmich |
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138 | (3) |
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The I of the Beholder / Sarah Shapiro |
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141 | (5) |
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The Allure of Invisibility / Miriam Weiss |
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146 | (6) |
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A Midlife Crisis Celebration / Debra Johanyak |
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152 | (7) |
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It's Never Too Late / Harriet Cooper |
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159 | (3) |
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Facelift / Jerine P. Watson |
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162 | (3) |
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Expressionless in the USA / L.A. Jasheway |
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165 | (4) |
| Part Four - New Directions, New Beginnings |
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169 | (96) |
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Explorations, adventures, and altered courses |
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Baby After Forty / Jan Andersen |
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170 | (6) |
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A New Direction-A New Beginning / Terri Sherwood Sutherin |
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176 | (6) |
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The Courage to Try / Patti Cassidy |
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182 | (4) |
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Reinventing Myself at Forty-Two / Yitta Halberstam |
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186 | (7) |
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Packing It In / Joyce Maynard |
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193 | (8) |
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Granny's Last Cartwheel / Nancy Harless |
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201 | (4) |
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I Was a Midlife Motorcycle Chick / SuzAnne C. Cole |
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205 | (4) |
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Old Dogs, New Tricks / Midge Crockett |
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209 | (8) |
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The Acid Test / Mary Terzian |
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217 | (4) |
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Fallen Leaf / Jeri Ledbetter |
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221 | (8) |
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The Last Baby / Ruchama King |
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229 | (6) |
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Follow Your Passion, Follow Your Heart / Rebecca Hulem |
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235 | (4) |
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The Figurine / Linda Hepler |
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239 | (6) |
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Laughing My Way Through the Middle "Rages" / Dee Adams |
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245 | (3) |
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The Glass as Half Full / Barbara Stephens |
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248 | (6) |
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A Resurrection of the Body / Mary Jacobs |
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254 | (4) |
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The Old in One Another's Arms / Davida Rosenblum |
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258 | (7) |
| Recommended Web Sites |
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265 | (1) |
| Recommended Reading |
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