On Being 40ish, Lindsey Mead
On Being 40ish, Lindsey Mead
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On Being 40(ish)

Author: Lindsey Mead

Narrator: Janina Edwards, Madeleine Maby, Soneela Nankani, Joy Osmanski, Candace Thaxton

Unabridged: 5 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019


Synopsis

Fifteen powerful women and writers you know and love—from the pages of The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, Glamour, and The Atlantic—offer captivating, intimate, and candid explorations about what it’s really like turning forty—and that the best is yet to come.

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. The decade that follows is ripe for nostalgia, inspiration, wisdom, and personal growth.

In this dazzling collection, fifteen writers explore this rich phase in essays that are profound, moving, and above all, brimming with joie de vivre. With a 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—On Being 40(ish) offers a range of universal themes—friendship, independence, sex, beauty, aging, wisdom, and the passage of time.

On Being 40(ish) reflects the hopes, fears, challenges, and opportunities of a generation. Beautifully designed, this is “a must read for anyone 40ish or beyond...Like a pep talk from your big sister, favorite cousin, and wise best friend” (Joanna Goddard, Cup of Jo).

About Lindsey Mead

Lindsey Mead has written for Brain, Child Magazine, Quiet Revolution, Literary Mama, and Huffington Post. She received a BA in English from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard School of Business. She lives with her husband and two children in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On Being 40(ish) is her first book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Caro on January 28, 2019

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 explor......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on February 09, 2019

I was invited by the publisher to read On Being 40(ish), and I’m grateful for the opportunity. Fifteen women contributed to these essays on the topic of turning forty. The big 4-0 has always been viewed as a turning point, a milestone, in the same way turning eighteen or twenty-one is; however, ther......more

Goodreads review by Liuda on February 23, 2019

“the modern [wo]man, at least the kind who is reading a book of essays about turning forty, is faced with a conundrum at forty: How can you be this dissatisfied when you have so much? How can you be this satisfied when you have so little? Ask yourself this [...] and decide that it is okay to not hav......more

Goodreads review by Allison on January 27, 2019

Proud to be a contributor to this amazing anthology with such a powerhouse collective of women!......more

Goodreads review by Laura on July 22, 2019

I absolutely loved this little book of essays. I got this as a gift for my 40th, and truthfully this isn’t something I ever would have picked up for myself. But every single essay was well written and made me think about this stage of life. Highly recommended, especially as a gift.......more