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Act like you're having a good time : essays / Michele Weldon.

Weldon, Michele, 1958- (author.).

Summary:

"In this honest and tender collection of essays, award-winning memoirist Michele Weldon asks what it means to be a mature woman seeking to secure a life of purpose and meaning through work, family and relationships"-- Provided by publisher.

Weldon's essays ask what it means to be a mature woman seeking a life of purpose and meaning through work, family, and relationships. Facing ageism and invisibility within popular culture, questioning white privilege and her understanding of racism, Weldon examines the effects of raising children, striving for applause, failing expectations, forming new friendships, reconciling lost dreams, and restoring one's faith. Weldon explores the universal experience of learning to accept oneself and ask essential questions-- even if there are no easy answers. -- adapted from back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780810142947
ISBN: 0810142945
Physical Description: xxi, 145 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Life. Roots ; Electric frying pan ; LaLa's wedding ; Dress code ; Unseen ; Negative space -- Work. Applause ; On purpose ; Connect ; Swap ; Work to do -- Meaning. Dream ; Full of yourself ; Privilege ; Lap lanes ; Hope.