The stranger in the mirror
Subtitle: a memoir of middle age
By: Jane Shilling
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon; Windsor; Paragon
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Bath]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781445857923; 9781445857930
Subjects: Middle age; Large type books
Description: "'Middle age took Jane Shilling by surprise. She hadn't seen it coming, and she certainly wasn't ready for it. ... Must she accept that middle age is the beginning of the end or is there one great adventure still to be grabbed? Her sense of hpope and excitement seems at odds with her contemporaries' resolute denial or rueful resignation in the face of middle age And what of the strange conflicting attitudes that surround the public perception of middle-aged women? This is one woman's attempt to understand what middle age means for her and whether, as a new generation of women turns 50, some kind of revolution is under way."--Back cover.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Message in a bottle; title: 2. Stopping the clock; title: 3. Because I'm not worth it; title: 4. Mapping the future; title: 5. Feminine for ever?; title: 6. The body's body; title: 7. The awkward age; title: 8. Belonging; title: 9. Cracks in the fabric; title: 10. The retreat from love; title: 11. The fork in the road; title: 12. The change.