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Lindsey Mead
presents
On Being 40(ish)
in conversation with contributors KJ DELL’ANTONIA, JESSICA LAHEY, CATHERINE NEWMAN, and SOPHFRONIA SCOTT
This event includes a book signing
DateFeb
11
Monday
February 11, 2019 7:00 PM ET |
LocationHarvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 |
Tickets
This event is free; no tickets are required.
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Harvard Book Store welcomes local writer, journalist, and editor LINDSEY MEAD for a discussion of her debut book, On Being 40(ish). She will be joined in conversation by contributors KJ DELL’ANTONIA, JESSICA LAHEY, CATHERINE NEWMAN, and SOPHFRONIA SCOTT.
About On Being 40(ish)
The big 4-0. Like eighteen and twenty-one, this is a major and meaningful milestone in 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. And the decade that follows is one that is especially ripe for nostalgia, inspiration, wisdom, and personal growth.
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—offers exciting, deeply personal, and poignant perspectives across a range of universal themes—friendship, independence, sex, beauty, aging, wisdom, and the passage of time.
Beautifully designed to make the perfect gift, and to be a treasure to turn to time and time again, On Being 40(ish) reflects the hopes, fears, challenges, and opportunities of a generation. It will leave you inspired, entertained, and comforted that the best is truly yet to come.
Praise
"Charming, relatable, and wise essays . . . This is a practical guide to navigating life for anyone who has passed the milestone of 40." —Publishers Weekly
"A must read for anyone 40(ish) or beyond and a poignant reminder that the best days lie ahead." —Joanna Goddard, founder of Cup of Jo
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