A review by taffi
Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun

3.0

Firstly, I want to agree with the reviewers that point out that this book is really not about sleep. It is about Gen-X women. Since I am of that cohort, I found a lot of the book interesting, and related to the cultural references. She explains how historical changes and mixed messages have created pressure on this often ignored group. On one hand, it was nice to see attention paid to middle-age, peri-menopause and menopause, but also she seemed to focus on mothers that worked outside the home, with little mention of the circumstances of stay-at-home parents and how they are seen (or not seen) in the present day.