Middle Rage

Life is messy and people are complicated (and sometimes more than a bit bloody annoying), but Myf Warhurst thought she was navigating it all okay. Sure, sometimes she had to smile and stay silent when she saw something that didn't sit right, because rocking the boat wasn't her style. After all, she was a woman who'd grown up thinking it was her job to keep the peace.

But, around the time Myf turned fifty, things shifted. Almost immediately, her usual sunny disposition disappeared into the lost property box, joining other items from her youth like her waistline, temperature regulation and a good night's sleep. Middle Rage set in. And it wasn't pretty. For a while there, all she could feel was angry. She had to work on it. And to save you from some of that angst, in this stunningly honest and completely relatable book she gets deeply personal about her own experience of this complex midlife stage. Maybe channelling her newfound rage about the glaring injustices of the world into something positive will help you, and help her find her sense of humour again (even though she still has no time right now for anyone's shit!).

Part confessional, part manifesto, Middle Rage is full of Myf Warhurst's humour, warmth and wisdom, with some tips thrown in to help women live their best middle-aged lives, and recognise when things are not as they should be. Myf asks the real questions: without the shackles of life's often unnecessary expectations and arbitrary rules, who are we, and what can we hope to become?

About the Author

Myf Warhurst is a writer, broadcaster, podcaster and TV presenter, best known and beloved as a team captain on the long-running ABC TV show Spicks and Specks. One of the most recognisable voices in Australian entertainment (Myf lends her voice to the popular ABC Kids show Bluey as Aunt Trixie, no less), she has been a constant presence on national radio stations such as Triple J and Double J, and now fronts her own successful podcast, The Moment.

Myf has presented many TV documentaries, including Back Roads and the award-winning Keep on Dancing. She has also appeared on the reality TV shows Who Do You Think You Are? for SBS and I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!, becoming the first woman in South Africa to bungee-jump out of a helicopter (not by choice). She played The Narrator on the last Australian tour of The Rocky Horror Show, and for eight years was the Australian commentator for the most-watched cultural event in the world, the Eurovision Song Contest, with co-host Joel Creasey. Her first book, published in 2022, was the bestselling Time of My Life.