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Why we can't sleep : women's new midlife crisis, Ada Calhoun

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"When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some answers. She looked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers and the Millennials, Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age, problems that were being largely overlooked. Speaking with women across America about their experiences as the generation raised to "have it all, " Calhoun found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, underemployed, and overwhelmed. Instead of their issues being heard, they were told instead to lean in, take "me-time, " or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order. In Why We Can't Sleep, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of Gen X's predicament and offers solutions for how to pull oneself out of the abyss-and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering, and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 267 pages
Contents
  • Possibilities create pressure
  • The doldrums
  • The caregiving rack
  • Job instability
  • Money panic
  • Decision fatigue
  • Single, childless
  • After the divorce
  • Perimenopause
  • The very filtered profile picture
  • New narratives
  • Appendix: a midlife crisis mixtape
Isbn
9781611854671
Instance
Label
Why we can't sleep : women's new midlife crisis
Title
Why we can't sleep
Title remainder
women's new midlife crisis
Statement of responsibility
Ada Calhoun
Title variation
Why we cannot sleep
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some answers. She looked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers and the Millennials, Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age, problems that were being largely overlooked. Speaking with women across America about their experiences as the generation raised to "have it all, " Calhoun found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, underemployed, and overwhelmed. Instead of their issues being heard, they were told instead to lean in, take "me-time, " or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order. In Why We Can't Sleep, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of Gen X's predicament and offers solutions for how to pull oneself out of the abyss-and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering, and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them"--
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Calhoun, Ada
Dewey number
305.2440973
Index
no index present
LC call number
HQ1059.5.U5
LC item number
C35 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Middle-aged women
  • Midlife crisis
  • Generation X
  • Middle-aged women
  • Midlife crisis
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Label
Why we can't sleep : women's new midlife crisis, Ada Calhoun
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Possibilities create pressure -- The doldrums -- The caregiving rack -- Job instability -- Money panic -- Decision fatigue -- Single, childless -- After the divorce -- Perimenopause -- The very filtered profile picture -- New narratives -- Appendix: a midlife crisis mixtape
Control code
on1103982575
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xii, 267 pages
Isbn
9781611854671
Lccn
2019040577
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40029685085
Label
Why we can't sleep : women's new midlife crisis, Ada Calhoun
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Possibilities create pressure -- The doldrums -- The caregiving rack -- Job instability -- Money panic -- Decision fatigue -- Single, childless -- After the divorce -- Perimenopause -- The very filtered profile picture -- New narratives -- Appendix: a midlife crisis mixtape
Control code
on1103982575
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xii, 267 pages
Isbn
9781611854671
Lccn
2019040577
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40029685085

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