{"product_id":"9780807028230","title":"Age Ain't Nothing But a Number: Black Women Explore Midlife","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinally, a collection that celebrates, considers, contemplates, even criticizes'midlife' from a black woman's point of view. \u003ci\u003eAge Ain't Nothing but a Number\u003c\/i\u003e ranges over every aspect of black women's lives: personal growth, family and friendship, love and sexuality, health, beauty, illness, spirituality, creativity, financial independence, work, and scores of other topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMidlife today isn't your grandmother's'change of life.' Today, black women call hot flashes 'power surges,' and menopause, the 'pause that refreshes.' These days, middle-aged women may be newlyweds or new mothers, as well as grandmothers or widows. They may experience the empty-nest syndrome and then the 'return-to-the-nest syndrome' as adult children move back home. They may navigate the field of Internet dating, travel the world, teach homeless women, take up pottery, or study international business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology captures all of these aspects of midlife as experienced by some of the finest voices in African-American writing today. Featuring the work of Maya Angelou, J. California Cooper, Pearl Cleage, Nikki Giovanni, Susan L. Taylor, Alice Walker, and dozens of others, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number will make readers think, laugh, and cry and will be the perfect gift book for spring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011596370160,"sku":"9780807028230","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807028230_p0.jpg?v=1763728620","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807028230","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}