Cover of The Stranger in the Mirror

The Stranger in the Mirror

This is one woman's attempt to understand what middle age is, what it means for her and whether, as a new generation of woman turns 50, some kind of revolution is under way. The result is a very personal meditation about what it is like to be at the mid-point, looking both backwards and forwards.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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