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A review by lynniew13
Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun
2.0
The title is misleading and while this was published in 2020 I would have thought more relevance. How does the author consider 42 midlife crisis? Sure you begin the question, but I didn’t agree.
Generation X = 1965-1980. Women born in the mid 1960s are in their midlife, not 42 years of age! Perimenopause is only the beginning of changes. Wait until you hit menopause. Personally, I am aiming higher than 84.
The book contains anecdotes of women and what they are going through. Generation X is the first generation of women’s independence. Many wanted a career before marriage and children, yet didn’t realize our bodies don’t work this way. We are the generation of independence. The generation of mistrust, educated, financial woes, and debt. We lived completely different from each generation before us and therefore have different stories to tell.
Maybe the goal of the book showed how we are not experiencing these changes alone, but this is only the beginning, midlife is coming and there is more to experience.
Generation X = 1965-1980. Women born in the mid 1960s are in their midlife, not 42 years of age! Perimenopause is only the beginning of changes. Wait until you hit menopause. Personally, I am aiming higher than 84.
The book contains anecdotes of women and what they are going through. Generation X is the first generation of women’s independence. Many wanted a career before marriage and children, yet didn’t realize our bodies don’t work this way. We are the generation of independence. The generation of mistrust, educated, financial woes, and debt. We lived completely different from each generation before us and therefore have different stories to tell.
Maybe the goal of the book showed how we are not experiencing these changes alone, but this is only the beginning, midlife is coming and there is more to experience.