{"product_id":"9781609619978","title":"Midlife Crisis at 30: How the Stakes Have Changed for a New Generation-And What to Do about It","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt 30...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was a stay-at-home mother. Founder and CEO of Oxygen Media Geraldine Laybourne was working at a public interest think tank for teachers. Political strategist Mary Matalin was a first-year law student--and about to drop out. And months prior to her thirtieth birthday, financial strategist and best-selling author Suze Orman was working as a waitress, making $400 a month.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, these Boomer women and many others have reached the pinnacles of their professions. So why do Gen-X\/Y women feel such pressure to have the perfect career, body, husband, and kids by the time they are at or around 30? Why has 30 become such a make-or-break moment?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the generation that came of age after the most visible glass ceilings had been broken, Gen-X\/Y women were raised to believe in futures without limitations. Yet, as journalists Lia Macko and Kerry Rubin reveal in their fascinating investigation, many women have distorted the well-intentioned empowerment messages of their youth and are quietly blaming themselves when they fail to overcome the very real obstacles that still exist in our society. Though many Gen-X\/Y women are hitting the same roadblocks at the same time, instead of questioning what's wrong with the system--as Boomer women did in their twenties--they're questioning their own \"choices.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearching for solutions, Macko and Rubin have enlisted the aid of the New Girls' Club, a group of successful, \u003ci\u003esatisfied\u003c\/i\u003e women who've lived through their own crossroads moments, earned their battle scars, and now share their stories and strategies. While today's young women may indeed be a generation in the middle of a \u003ci\u003eMidlife Crisis at 30\u003c\/i\u003e, they now have a dream team of mentors to help guide them through it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rodale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130391609584,"sku":"9781609619978","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609619978_p0.jpg?v=1763838678","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609619978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}