Age Ain't Nothing but a Number

Finally a collection that celebrates considers contemplates even criticizes''midlife'' from a black woman''s point of view. Age Ain''t Nothing but a Number ranges over every aspect of black women''s lives: personal growth family and friendship love and sexuality health beauty illness spirituality creativity financial independence work and scores of other topics.. Midlife today isn''t your grandmother''s''change of life.'' Today black women call hot flashes ''power surges'' and menopause the ''pause that refreshes.'' These days middle-aged women may be newlyweds or new mothers as well as grandmothers or widows. They may experience the empty-nest syndrome and then the ''return-to-the-nest syndrome'' as adult children move back home. They may navigate the field of Internet dating travel the world teach homeless women take up pottery or study international business.. This anthology captures all of these aspects of midlife as experienced by some of the finest voices in African-American writing today. Featuring the work of Maya Angelou J. California Cooper Pearl Cleage Nikki Giovanni Susan L. Taylor Alice Walker and dozens of others Age Ain''t Nothing but a Number will make readers think laugh and cry and will be the perfect gift book for spring.