Marina Benjamin is the author of two previous memoirs, Rocket Dreams, short–listed for the Eugene Emme Award, and Last Days in Babylon, long–listed for the Wingate Prize. She lives in London and is currently a senior editor at the digital magazine Aeon.
Praise for The Middlepause by Marina Benjamin
"In The Middlepause Benjamin deftly and brilliantly examines the
losses and unexpected gains she experienced in menopause. Menopause
is a mind and body shift as monumental and universal as puberty,
yet far less often discussed, especially in public, which is what
makes Benjamin's work here so urgently necessary."—Kate Tuttle, The
Los Angeles Times
"Women do a lot of things to mark turning fifty. Go to a resort!
Have a bang–up party! Far, far better: read The Middlepause." —Jill
Lepore, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Secret
History of Wonder Woman
"Eloquent and intelligent . . . This is a measured and beautifully
written critique of menopause and middle age that pre–, mid–, and
postmenopausal women will find eminently relatable, and that those
who love and care for them will likewise appreciate." —Publishers
Weekly, starred review
"Piercingly intelligent and bracingly honest."" —Barnes & Noble
Review
"We are not supposed to beguile, we the middle–aged women. But with
The Middlepause, Marina Benjamin does that: she beguiles and
entrances with a lyrical, thoughtful, erudite, and always lucid
exploration of the middle years of her life, and what they mean to
her, and what middle–aged women mean to society." —Rose George,
author of Ninety Percent of Everything and The Big Necessity
"Intimate, open–hearted, clever and kind, this book is a companion
which, by naming the shadow fears, finds the truer gold." —Jay
Griffiths, author of The Wild: An Elemental Journey
"While The Middlepause is indeed intellectual and cultivated,
Benjamin also speaks directly to a sense of communal, lived
experience. . . . She writes so perceptively about the familiar
that she effortlessly freshens and elevates it." —Isabel Berick,
Financial Times
"I loved this candid and beautifully written 'wrinkles and all'
meditation on the middle years." —Caroline Sanderson, The
Bookseller, Editor's Choice
"Benjamin takes the process of self–help thoughtfully. For
starters, to recognise change, rather than deny it, is to begin to
deal with it." —Iain Finlayson, Saga Magazine
"For emotional honesty, look to a midlife memoir from Marina
Benjamin." —Tom Gatti, The New Statesman, The books to look out for
in 2016
"This gentle but honest book should be standard reading for friends
and loved–ones of women trying to make sense of this transitional
stage in life." —Sue Wright, The Malcontent
"Lucid and sophisticated. . . . The Middlepause is a restrained but
wonderful guide to the convulsive changes of 50 and over. . . .
This is a book that yields valuable insights on almost every page."
—Melissa Benn, The Guardian
"In The Middlepause, Marina Benjamin takes a candid look at what it
means to be 50 today. . . . It's warm, wise and beautifully
written." —Good Housekeeping (UK)
"This book does not contain advice on diet, yoga, emollients or
wardrobe makeovers. Marina Benjamin instead pursues an intellectual
perspective of her journey to 50. . . . As a means of inducting
younger women into the business of getting older, this is a welcome
narrative." —Deirdre Conroy, Irish Independent
"The Middlepause isn't some deluding self–help book that insists
middle–age is a time of great growth for us all. It's an accurate
and thoughtful assessment of the credit and debit sheet, and it
remains emotionally genuine throughout. . . . This is a thoughtful,
compassionate and wise book." —Shiny New Books
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