{"product_id":"why-we-cant-sleep-womens-new-midlife-crisis-9780802147851","title":"Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA generation-defining exploration of the new midlife crisis facing Gen X women and the unique circumstances that have brought them to this point, \u003ci\u003eWhy We Can't Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively successor to \u003ci\u003ePassages\u003c\/i\u003e by Gail Sheehy and \u003ci\u003eThe Defining Decade\u003c\/i\u003e by Meg Jay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalhoun decided to find some answers. She looked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers and the Millennials, Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age, problems that were being largely overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeaking with women across America about their experiences as the generation raised to \"have it all,\" Calhoun found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, under-employed, and overwhelmed. Instead of being heard, they were told instead to lean in, take \"me-time,\" or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhy We Can't Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of Gen X's predicament and offers solutions for how to pull oneself out of the abyss--and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering, and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADA CALHOUN is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eWedding Toasts I'll Never Give\u003c\/i\u003e, named an Amazon Book of the Month and one of the top ten memoirs of 2017 by W magazine; and the history \u003ci\u003eSt. Marks Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the best books of 2015, according to \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. She has collaborated on several \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, and written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, New York\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514485805330,"sku":"9780802147851","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93ecc325-a290-4008-bfb2-b23951d9ae7d.jpg?v=1730984653","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/why-we-cant-sleep-womens-new-midlife-crisis-9780802147851","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}