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Biography & Autobiography Women

Halfway Home

Thoughts from Midlife

by (author) Christina Myers

Publisher
House of Anansi Press Inc
Initial publish date
May 2024
Category
Women, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Personal Memoirs
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487012458
    Publish Date
    May 2024
    List Price
    $18.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487012441
    Publish Date
    May 2024
    List Price
    $23.99

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Description

Award-winning author Christina Myers navigates the uncharted territory of midlife in a time of rapid social, cultural, and environmental change.

Modern midlife is finding oneself halfway home but without any reliable maps for the route ahead. With wit and warmth, these personal essays move from a first bra to first hot flashes to consider the lessons we learn through media and culture––and from each other––about bodies, sexuality, fatphobia, gender roles, and what we should want in life. Christina Myers explores the ways that beauty standards and cultural expectations around femininity have shaped our identities and how we might shed those going forward; the power of friendships and the value of having other women to learn from; the anxiety of moving through motherhood into menopause in a time of global environmental crisis and political upheaval; and the uncertainty of how this stage of life should unfold, as old systems shift and crumble. Though our maps for midlife are never identical, we discover familiar paths and common landmarks in each other’s stories; these essays remind us there are others on this trail with us, just behind or just ahead, out of sight. We are not alone.

About the author

Christina Myers is an award-winning newspaper journalist turned freelance writer and editor. After leaving her long-time newsroom post, she turned her attention to more creative work, including both fiction and narrative non-fiction (and sometimes, secretly, poetry too.) She holds degrees in journalism and psychology from TRU and UBC, respectively, and is an alumnus of the Writer’s Studio at SFU. She is a fan of vintage collectibles and BIG dresses with deep pockets, she juggles parenthood and creative work from her home outside Vancouver, BC.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, SCWES BC Book Awards for BC Authors

Editorial Reviews

"In Halfway Home Myers has unlocked the whispers of the universe." — British Columbia Review

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