{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807028230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.54w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2003 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2003 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2003 pg. 1565\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carleen Brice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644028711068,"sku":"9780807028230","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7ced8b42-4aff-4fb3-afe2-a1a99e1276de.jpg?v=1603857772","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/age-aint-nothing-but-a-number-black-women-explore-midlife-9780807028230","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}