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On Being 40(Ish)

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Same life, higher rent / Meghan Daum -- Soul mates: a timeline in clothing / Catherine Newman -- It's a game of two halves / Veronica Chambers -- What we talk about when we talk about our face / Sloane Crosley -- Why I didn't answer your email / KJ Dell'Antonia -- I became an actress at thirty-nine / Jill Kargman -- Inheritance / Jena Schwartz -- Tip of my tongue / Jena Schwartz -- Adaptation of life / Kate Bolick -- There's a metaphor here / Allison Winn Scotch -- The breathtaking potential of the attosecond / Jessica Lahey -- The people who got me here / Julie Klam -- Tried that, doing me / Sophfronia Scott -- Youth Dew / Lee Woodruff -- Quantum physics for birthdays / Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
"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." --Amazon.com.
Contents: Same life, higher rent. -- Soul mates. -- It's a game of two halves. -- What we talk about when we talk about our face. -- Why I didn't answer your email. -- I became an actress at thirty-nine. -- Inheritance. -- Tip of my tongue. -- Adaptation of life. -- There's a metaphor here.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Year Published: 2019
Description: 229 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781501172120

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mead, Lindsey,
Daum, Meghan, 1970-
Newman, Catherine, 1968-
Chambers, Veronica.
Crosley, Sloane.
Dell'Antonia,, K. J.
Kargman, Jill, 1974-
Schwartz, Jena.
Bolick, Kate.
Scotch, Allison Winn.

SUBJECTS
Women -- Biography.