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On Women Turning Forty: Coming into Our Fullness

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I think each age brings it's own lessons. The interviews of these women, of varying backgrounds and circumstances were delightful positive looks at what lies ahead. Forty(+) is a great age to be a woman. There is a real richness, indeed a fullness, reflected not only in our our bodies, our faces, but in our relationships. If you think you're going crazy, wondering why you are questioning things that were okay yesterday, if you are finding things vaguely unsatisfying but don't know why, read this book. You'll understand, you'll laugh, and you'll welcome this age. Coming in to your fullness is a pleasure.

The book offers thoughtful, well-written essays by a diverse group of women who share a focus on interior, intentional living and have significantly progressed toward self-actualization. Rather than simply bemoaning the passage of time and the onslaught of physical changes of the forties, these pieces manage a more insightful look at the creative, spiritual and emotional growth woman can achieve during this important, transformative decade, regardless of life stage. The stories these women tell are poignant, inspiring, interesting, vivid and real. I received a copy on my fortieth birthday, seven years ago, and recently bought a copy for a good friend of mine who turned forty in February.

A glorious hodgepodge of women - all successful, all varied, all experienced on different paths. Through their stories, women not yet 40 will see the promise waiting there. These women are confident and reflective, grateful and self-assured. They deal with mortality, with having children or not having children, with beginning lives with a new partner or solidifying their commitment to their mate. Fascinating and uplifting book - like shining a telescope into the lives and hearts of several amazing women.

A glorious hodgepodge of women - all successful, all varied, all experienced on different paths. Through their stories, women not yet 40 will see the promise waiting there. These women are confident and reflective, grateful and self-assured. They deal with mortality, with having children or not having children, with beginning lives with a new partner or solidifying their commitment to their mate. Fascinating and uplifting book - like shining a telescope into the lives and hearts of several amazing women.

A glorious hodgepodge of women - all successful, all varied, all experienced on different paths. Through their stories, women not yet 40 will see the promise waiting there. These women are confident and reflective, grateful and self-assured. They deal with mortality, with having children or not having children, with beginning lives with a new partner or solidifying their commitment to their mate. Fascinating and uplifting book - like shining a telescope into the lives and hearts of several amazing women.

A glorious hodgepodge of women - all successful, all varied, all experienced on different paths. Through their stories, women not yet 40 will see the promise waiting there. These women are confident and reflective, grateful and self-assured. They deal with mortality, with having children or not having children, with beginning lives with a new partner or solidifying their commitment to their mate. Fascinating and uplifting book - like shining a telescope into the lives and hearts of several amazing women.