Women's midlife crisis?(The Breaking Point: How Female Midlife Crisis is Transforming Today's Women )(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: A Friend Indeed | Date: July 1, 2005 | Copyright information

We've all heard--ad nauseam--about men who leave their wives, buy red Porsches and drive off into the sunset when they reach midlife. But what about women? Do they undergo a similar "crisis"? Yes--but with a twist. At least according to Sue Shellenbarger, the Wall Street Journal's Work and Family columnist. When, at 51, her 20-year marriage comes to an end, her father dies, and her children about to leave the nest, Shellenbarger takes to driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) down a ...

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