这不是中年危机，是中年反转！！
这本既幽默又实用的指南，为步入人生中途的女性提供了真诚、深刻且极易引发共鸣的建议。它摒弃了关于“中年危机”的陈词滥调，转而为那些渴望重塑自我、寻求勇气与清晰方向的四五十岁女性，呈现了一种焕然一新且充满力量的愿景。
欢迎来到中年——在这个阶段，你的身体状况变幻莫测，职业生涯不断演变，而你的搜索记录里甚至出现了“45岁留刘海合适吗？”这样的问题。这既不是一本关于更年期的书，也不是一本教你如何通过“显化”、“观想”或“自我实现”来打造美好生活的书。这本书是为我们这群人写的：我们曾带着仅从杂志学来的“成年指南”闯入二十岁，如今步入中年，正思索着接下来该何去何从。
《中年反转》专为那些真正准备好规划人生“第二篇章”愿景的女性而写。这是一本既睿智又风趣的指南，旨在帮助女性以幽默、坦诚和真挚的态度应对生活的方方面面。从遗忘密码到重拾热爱，本书以令人捧腹的方式提醒我们：中年并非仅仅是需要“熬”过去的阶段，更是一个值得庆祝的时期。作者兼编辑Lindsay Goldwert和Gabrielle Moss结合专家建议、练习与分析，帮助读者理清自己当下的处境，并就爱情与性、金钱与事业、朋友与家庭等方面的价值观及目标，提供了切实可行的指导与建议。
这本书既是鼓舞人心的打气之言，又是一份给予自己“放轻松”许可的通行证，且处处能引发读者的共鸣——你会忍不住会心一笑、频频点头，并感到自己被真正理解了。因为如果说中年教会了我们什么，那就是：唯有保持优雅——以及极佳的幽默感——才是继续前行的良方。
好评：
“The Midlife Plot Twist’s cracking wit leapt off the page and chased me around the room. I laughed, I cried, and I know it is not the hormones. I’m buying two copies, one for each eye.”―Karen Duffy, former MTV DJ and bestselling author of WISE UP: IRREVERENT ENLIGHTENMENT FROM A MOTHER WHO'S BEEN THROUGH IT
“This one is for all the women using gummies and gratitude journals to try to make sense of the last four decades of their lives. The Midlife Plot Twist is a funny, compassionate, and unapologetic reality check.”―Samantha Cole, author of HOW SEX CHANGED THE INTERNET AND THE INTERNET CHANGED SEX: AN UNEXPECTED HISTORY
“If doing everything ‘right’ has left you feeling exhausted and unsatisfied or if you thought you’d feel more confident and secure by now, and if you’re tired of playing by the rules only to feel like you’ve lost the plot of your own life, this book can help transform your relationships—with your money, your career, your people, and yourself.”―Stefanie O’Connell, author of THE AMBITION PENALTY: HOW CORPORATE CULTURE TELLS WOMEN TO STEP UP ― AND THEN PUSHES THEM DOWN
“‘It’s not too late to change.’ Thank you, Lindsay Goldwert and Gabrielle Moss, for delivering a message that every woman over forty deserves to hear, and for doing it with such compassion, humor, and practical guidance.”―Kristen Meinzer, cohost of THE NIGHTLY, MOVIE THERAPY, and BY THE BOOK podcasts; coauthor of HOW TO BE FINE
“A well-researched and hilarious permission slip to go ahead and hit ‘reset’ on your life.”―Valerie Lapinski, journalist and creator of the perimenopause zine FAN CLUB
“Finally, some real empathy for our just-trying-to-figure-it-out younger selves! This funny, heartfelt book will help freaked-out older millennials and burned-out Gen Xers realize that it’s not too late to be the brave, weird, and independent person you always wanted to be.”―Catey Hill, senior managing editor of MARKETWATCH; author of SHOO, JIMMY CHOO! and THE 30-MINUTE MONEY PLAN FOR MOMS
“Instead of running away from your life, read The Midlife Plot Twist, which will give you the support and solidarity to come back to yourself. This book will remind you that it’s not too late, and perhaps midlife isn’t a crisis but an unexpected opportunity to finally live life the way you really want to.”―Courtney Carver, author of GENTLE: REST MORE, STRESS LESS, AND LIVE THE LIFE YOU ACTUALLY WANT
关于作者:
Lindsay Goldwert has worked as an editorial director, writer and podcaster, and is the author of Bow Down: Lessons from Dominatrixes on How to Be a Boss in Life, Love and Work, a Glamour Magazine Best Book. She’s written about everything from relationships to midlife adventures, personal finance to power dynamics, for publications like the New York Times, New York Magazine, Refinery29, Fast Company, Marketwatch, and many others. As part of her own mid-life plot twist, she will soon be certified as a sex educator and coach through the Sexual Health Alliance.
Gabrielle Moss is the author of Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, GQ, Slate, the Daily Beast, RogerEbert.com and Refinery29. She has appeared on NPR, the CBC, and Canadian national morning TV show The Social, and was a talking head in the 2023 documentary Judy Blume Forever.