Secret Paths

Women in the New Midlife

By: Terri Apter

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Paperback | 1 January 1997 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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A forceful examination of women who find in their 40s and 50s a psychological growth hormone to replace lost estrogen.-- "Kirkus Reviews"

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Popular Psychology Psychology Child & Developmental Psychology Family & Health Popular Medicine & Health Women's Health

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Preface: Secret Paths	p. 9
Introduction: Crisis of a New Breed	p. 17
Redefining Beauty and Reclaiming Power	p. 49
Traditional Women: Changing Times, Changing Conflicts	p. 78
Innovative Women: Plans, Pressures, and Resistance	p. 112
Expanding Horizons and Radical Changes	p. 150
Protesting Women: Creating a New Youth	p. 184
Changing Rhythms: Menopause	p. 201
Women Who Cannot Find the Way Ahead	p. 218
Love and Experience: What Do Women Learn?	p. 240
Love and Disengagement: Adult Daughters and Their Mothers	p. 270
The Third Shift: Passing It On	p. 301
Epilogue	p. 315
Notes	p. 321
References	p. 339
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