There is a particular quiet that arrives somewhere around fifty. It is not always comfortable.

For a lot of women it turns up as a Tuesday evening with nothing scheduled and no one to feed and the strange realisation that the shape of the last twenty-five years has quietly dissolved, and nobody has told you what goes in its place.

That gap is the whole subject of this book. It is not a loss. It's the first genuinely unallocated time you've had since you were twenty-two, and it's very likely to last thirty years.

Inside this book:

Things You Can Finally Stop Doing twenty subtractions, first, because nothing new fits until something old is put down

Your Body, On Your Terms treating the body you're in as an ally rather than a project

Money, Work, and What Is Yours the questions worth taking to someone qualified

Friendship and the People You Keep the relationships that carry the next thirty years

Home, Adventure, and Going Alone including how to leave the house properly

Learning Something Entirely New twenty things nobody is too old for, and the research is on your side

Style, Voice, and Saying It twenty sentences you're allowed to say out loud, and when to use them

Meaning, Legacy, and What Comes Next the part of your life still unwritten

Plus space for Your Own Ten, and a method for actually starting

Don't read it cover to cover and feel vaguely inspired that feeling has a half-life of about four hours. Pick one thing. Today. Get your copy and start.