middle age

Presents the text and criticism of Thomas Mann's classic novella, and includes the author's working notes translated into English, selections from Mann's essays and letters, and period maps of Munich, Venice, and the Lido.

"Judy never intended to start wearing the dog. But when she stumbled across her son Teddy's old baby sling during a halfhearted basement cleaning, something in her snapped. So: the dog went into the sling, Judy felt connected to another living being, and she's repeated the process every day since. Life hasn't gone according to Judy's plan. Her career as a children's book author offered a glimpse of success before taking an embarrassing nose dive. Teddy, now a teenager, treats her with some combination of mortification and indifference. Her best friend is dying. And her husband, Gary, has become a pot-addled professional "snackologist" who she can't afford to divorce. On top of it all, she has a painfully ironic job writing articles for a self-help website, a poor fit for someone seemingly incapable of helping herself"--Publisher description.

The survivor of severe abuse by his alcoholic mother, now a successful motivational speaker, author, and family man, discusses adjusting to changes in his life now he is middle-aged and how they are affected by his troubled childhood.

A history of the concept of middle age from its invention in the late nineteenth century to the present which explores how its biological, psychological, and social definitions have shifted over time.

In an attempt to annoy her mother Sandy and get to know her estranged father Rich, fifteen-year-old Sophie agrees to accompany Rich on a backpacking trip through Tasmania, the place where her parents met as environmental activists, and, when they get lost due to Rich's overconfidence, her mom is forced to examine her life and her relationships.

Focuses on the social, physical, and mental changes associated with adulthood.

An unabridged republication of the 1912 German novella about a middle-aged man's quest for love and beauty in the midst of decaying splendor.

Contains the English and German translations of two novellas by Thomas Mann.