
Secret Paths
Women in the New Midlife
Terri Apter(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. May 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-0-393-31500-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this groundbreaking and insightful study Terri Apter traces womens midlife course, drawing on detailed interviews with women in their forties and fifties. Apter finds that women experience a renewed sense of themselves and see the second half of life as an opportunity for psychological growth and fulfillment instead of a time of despair over lost youth and beauty.
She divides midlife women into four categories--traditional, innovative, expansive, protesting--and shows the cause for the midlife crisis and the path toward resolution for each type.
She divides midlife women into four categories--traditional, innovative, expansive, protesting--and shows the cause for the midlife crisis and the path toward resolution for each type.
Reviews / Votes
"A forceful examination of women who find in their 40s and 50s a psychological growth hormone to replace lost estrogen." -- Kirkus Reviews "This innovative study emphasizes skills women can use to create new visions for themselves." -- Publishers Weekly "An extremely important book. . . . Her writing offers perceptions rare in psychology." -- Carol GilliganMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
491 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-31500-4 (9780393315004)
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Person
Terri Apter is a writer, psychologist, and retired Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Her ten books include The Sister Knot, Difficult Mothers, and What Do You Want from Me? She lives in Cambridge, England.