The midlife mind : literature and the art of ageing / Ben Hutchinson.

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Prologue: The Incremental Inch
1. Crisis And Grief: The Invention of Midlife
2. The Piggy In The Middle: The Philosophy of Midlife
3. Halfway Up The Hill: How to Begin in The Middle
4. A Room at The Back of The Shop: Midlife Modesty
5. Getting On: The Tragicomedy of Middle Age
6. Perpetual Incipience: The Midlife Gap Year
7. Realism and Reality: The 'Middle Years'
8. 'The Years That Walk Between': Midlife Conversion
9. Lessons in Lessness: Midlife Minimalism

10. From The Prime of Life to Old Age: How to Survive The Menopause
11. Streams of Consciousness: Middle Age in A New Millennium
Epilogue: The End of The Middle
References
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index