{"product_id":"age-aint-nothing-but-a-number-black-women-explore-midlife-9780807028230","title":"Age Ain't Nothing but a Number: Black Women Explore Midlife","description":"Finally, a collection that celebrates, considers, contemplates, even criticizes'midlife' from a black woman's point of view. \u003ci\u003eAge Ain't Nothing but a Number\u003c\/i\u003e ranges over every aspect of black women's lives: personal growth, family and friendship, love and sexuality, health, beauty, illness, spirituality, creativity, financial independence, work, and scores of other topics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMidlife today isn't your grandmother's'change of life.' Today, black women call hot flashes 'power surges, ' and menopause, the 'pause that refreshes.' These days, middle-aged women may be newlyweds or new mothers, as well as grandmothers or widows. They may experience the empty-nest syndrome and then the 'return-to-the-nest syndrome' as adult children move back home. They may navigate the field of Internet dating, travel the world, teach homeless women, take up pottery, or study international business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology captures all of these aspects of midlife as experienced by some of the finest voices in African-American writing today. Featuring the work of Maya Angelou, J. California Cooper, Pearl Cleage, Nikki Giovanni, Susan L. Taylor, Alice Walker, and dozens of others, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number will make readers think, laugh, and cry and will be the perfect gift book for spring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarleen Brice is the author of \u003ci\u003eWalk Tall: Affirmations for People of Color\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Blackboard Bestseller, and Lead Me Home: An African American Guide Through the Grief Journey, and was a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eR.I.P.: The Complete Book of Death and Dying.\u003c\/i\u003e She has written for various publications, including \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e and BET.com, and lives in Denver, Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845399613714,"sku":"9780807028230","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d35d72f9-b421-404a-a565-10a80ddd355a.jpg?v=1737350070","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/age-aint-nothing-but-a-number-black-women-explore-midlife-9780807028230","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}