Synopses & Reviews
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.
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"This innovative study emphasizes skills women can use to create new visions for themselves." Publishers Weekly
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"A forceful examination of women who find in their 40s and 50s a psychological growth hormone to replace lost estrogen." Kirkus Reviews
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"An extremely important book. . . . Her writing offers perceptions rare in psychology." Carol Gilligan
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"The author of . . . now turns her analytical eye toward middle-aged women. The result is both lively and revealing." --
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-347).
About the Author
Terri Apteris a writer, psychologist, and Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge University. Her books include The Confident Child(winner of the Delta Kappa Gamma International Educator"s Award), You Don"t Really Know Me, What Do You Want from Me?, and The Sister Knot. She lives in Cambridge, England.