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Why We Can't Sleep

Calhoun, Ada,

You'll enjoy these titles because: Ada Calhoun's new book about the anxieties and tribulations facing middle-aged women today has struck a chord with readers. 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. She 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. If you enjoyed the book, some further reading ideas are listed below. She will be at Greenwich Library as part of our AuthorsLive@GreenwichLibrary series on March 31st to discuss the book.

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  • The Defining Decade

    Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now

    Jay, Meg
    A clinical psychologist describes why she believes the years between ages 20-29 can be the most defining decade of adulthood and offers tips on making the most of work and relationships during this still-formative time in a person's life. A "stages…
    Book, 2012New York, NY : Twelve, [2012] — 155.65 JAY

  • Horror Stories

    a Memoir

    Phair, Liz,
    Liz Phair's debut record "Exile in Guyville" is a touchstone moment for many Gen-X women and judging by the success of a recent comeback tour, the feeling hasn't subsided. Like a Gen-X Patti Smith, she tells the story of her life and career in a…
    Book, 2019New York : Random House, 2019. — 782.4216 PHAIR PHAIR

  • Passages

    Predictable Crises of Adult Life

    Sheehy, Gail
    Sheehy's classic roadmap of adult life shows the inevitable personality and sexual changes we go through in our 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond.
    Book, [date of publication not identified]30th anniversary edition : [publisher not identified], [date of publication not identified] — 305.244 SHEEH

  • Prozac Nation

    Young and Depressed in America

    Wurtzel, Elizabeth
    Originally published in 1994, Ms. Wurzel's book struck a chord with many Gen-x'ers at the time.The book became a cultural reference point and part of a new wave of confessional writing. There was a renewed interest in the book after the author's…
    Book, 2002New York : Riverhead Books, 2002. — 616.8527 WURTZ WURTZ

  • This Gen X Mess

    View on nytimes.com
    -This article from the New York Times Style section covers all the bases. From Benetton to Twin Peaks to the Challenger explosion. Some things you may smile fondly at and many others may make you cringe.
    Web resource

  • Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

    Calhoun, Ada,
    A collection of essays on the bl complexity of marriage, inspired by the author's wildly popular New York Times essay,
    Book, 2017New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017] — 306.8109 CALHO CALHO

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