# Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis - Hardcover

by **Ada Calhoun** (Author)

**A generation-defining exploration of the new midlife crisis facing Gen X women and the unique circumstances that have brought them to this point, _Why We Can't Sleep_ is a lively successor to _Passages_ by Gail Sheehy and _The Defining Decade_ by Meg Jay**

When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too?

Calhoun decided to find some answers. She looked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers and the Millennials, Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age, problems that were being largely overlooked.

Speaking with women across America about their experiences as the generation raised to "have it all," Calhoun found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, under-employed, and overwhelmed. Instead of being heard, they were told instead to lean in, take "me-time," or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order.

In _Why We Can't Sleep_, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of Gen X's predicament and offers solutions for how to pull oneself out of the abyss--and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering, and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them.

### Author Biography

ADA CALHOUN is the author of the memoir _Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give_, named an Amazon Book of the Month and one of the top ten memoirs of 2017 by W magazine; and the history _St. Marks Is Dead_, one of the best books of 2015, according to _Kirkus_ and the _Boston Globe_. She has collaborated on several _New York Times_ bestsellers, and written for the _New York Times, New York_, and _The New Republic_.

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN

**Publication Date:** January 07, 2020

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