Woman of a Certain Age

<p>It's a natty little euphemism isn't it? Of a certain age. A flow of words so undergirded by conventional politesse that it's entirely possible a woman coined it herself. Vague enough to be gentle <em>enough</em>. But the ambiguity cuts both ways. You can't describe what you don't even take the time to notice. And as any woman past the age of <em>none of your business </em>will attest the first horseman is invisibility.</p><p><strong>Woman of a Certain Age </strong>does what other books fail to (or choose not to) accomplish-it takes the time to investigate the perspectives of women whose lives are in flux. Hertenstein gilds no lily cushions no reckoning pulls no punch. --Jill Alexander Essbaum author of NY Times BESTSELLER <em>Hausfrau</em></p><p>Whether young or old the moniker of a certain age hangs over many women reinforcing the idea of never enough. Either too old or too young women of a certain age live in a nether land of in between. They must navigate worlds projected upon them and of their own invention. <strong>Woman of a Certain Age</strong> is a hybrid story collection centered around women of all ages journeying to discover who they are.</p>