Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age

New
Illustrated
2019
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age. Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, caregiver, clinical psychologist, and cultural anthropologist, she explores ways women can cultivate resilient responses to the challenges they face. If we can keep our wits about us, think clearly, and manage our emotions skillfully, Pipher writes, we will experience a joyous time of our lives. If we have planned carefully and packed properly, if we have good maps and guides, the journey can be transcendent.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age. Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, caregiver, clinical psychologist, and cultural anthropologist, she explores ways women can cultivate resilient responses to the challenges they face. If we can keep our wits about us, think clearly, and manage our emotions skillfully, Pipher writes, we will experience a joyous time of our lives. If we have planned carefully and packed properly, if we have good maps and guides, the journey can be transcendent.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 04 Apr 2019
ISBN 10: 1632869608
ISBN 13: 9781632869609
Book Overview: From the New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age.

Media Reviews

A work chock-full of wisdom and consoling messages . . . While a must-read for its target audience of women moving into old age, Pipher's engaging book is an ought-to-read for their daughters and sons as well, as it sets forth the universal message that `happiness is a choice and a set of skills.' -- Starred Review * Publishers Weekly *
This is bound to become the bible of baby boomer women. -- Editors' Picks * Library Journal *
Thoughtful, wise, and profoundly transformative, Women Rowing North tells the stories that make us feel accompanied and hopeful as well as providing models and muses for all the challenges and joys of this later stage of life. Pipher inspires us to take on this most important role of our female lives, one that is most needed in these challenging times of division and rancor: that of wise elders joining together and welcoming all into the beloved community she has labored to create with her work and life. This is truly a one-of-a-kind book, one that I've been waiting for. * Julia Alvarez, author of HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS and ONCE UPON A QUINCEANERA: COMING OF AGE IN THE USA *
Eye-opening . . . heart-wrenching and uplifting. * San Francisco Chronicle on THE SHELTER OF EACH OTHER *
An important book . . . Pipher shines high-beam headlights on the world of teenage girls. * Los Angeles Times on REVIVING OPHELIA *
A generous book conceived and executed by a compassionate . . . mind. -- starred review * Publisher's Weekly on SEEKING PEACE *
Serious and thoughtful material presented with the fluidity of good fiction. * Kirkus Reviews on REVIVING OPHELIA *
A must-read for all of us who care about young women in our lives . . . Reviving Ophelia arms us with information we can use in helping our daughters grow to adulthood with their strength intact. * Lincoln Star Journal on REVIVING OPHELIA *
A canny mix of optimism and practicality. * Newsweek on THE SHELTER OF EACH OTHER *
An absorbing chronicle of discovery. * Booklist on SEEKING PEACE *
A field guide to old age, combining personal stories with social theory. * The Boston Globe on ANOTHER COUNTRY *

Author Bio

Mary Pipher is a psychologist specializing in women, trauma, and the effects of our culture on mental health, which has earned her the title of cultural therapist for her generation. She is the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including Reviving Ophelia, The Shelter of Each Other, and Another Country. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.