Regeneration journey through the mid-life crisis - Polden, Jane (Continuum, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references and index
List of Illustrations; A Note on Confidentiality; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part One: Reaching Mid Life; Part Two: Alienation; Part Three: Conflicts; Part Four: Crisis; Part Five: Transition; Part Six: Regeneration; Appendix; Index
The dramas of mid-life are dramas of abandonment and freedom, of highly charged sexual engagements in real time or in fantasy, and of sudden encounters with mortality and loss. The details are as varied as people's lives are diverse but similar themes reappear with unerring regularity over and over in mid-life. It is a time when everything - from the most fundamental questions of identity and meaning to the daily experience of our own bodies and sexuality - is thrown into upheaval, making mid-life transition for many people the most disturbing period since the onset of adolescence. Recognizing