Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth about Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life
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With so little experience of the world how can you know exactly what you want to do? If a section had been devoted to this dark topic, however, it would have broken the rule that a self-help book is either upbeat or it dives into the abyss. Comments that violate our community guidelines will be removed. Rueful, funny, bitchy, wise, women at mid-life are tired of trying to please and continually biting their tongues. It's wonderful to have so much diversity and read a book that embraces it. As the most personal book that Barbara Moses has written, Dish also provides glimpses into the woman herself - and this humanizes the subjects she has chosen to write about even further.
If a section had been devoted to this dark topic, however, it would have broken the rule that a self-help book is either upbeat or it dives into the abyss. I look forward to Moses's next book, in which I hope she chooses more clearly between formula and shattering the mould. A Woman's Right to Pornography, and editor of the website ifeminists. She lives on a farm in rural Ontario. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff.
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Read most recent letters to the editor. Due to technical reasons, we have temporarily removed commenting from our articles. We hope to have this fixed soon. To order Dish from Chapters-Indigo click here. To order Dish from Amazon. Midlife women spill the secrets of their success. Moses, has compiled a guide on how to be successful and happy at work, at home and in your relationships. This inspiring guide is a well organized, easy read.
Dish is funny, insightful and practical--a remedial tool for woman wanting to rejuvenate themselves at any point in their lives. And it's that same honesty, brutal or otherwise, that comes through in her new book, Dish. If you are a "woman of a certain age", you will be intrigued, comforted and energized to find out that your challenges and satisfactions are shared by many.
If you are a young woman, the stories and insights will give you a glimpse of your future and a different way of thinking about the choices you are making today. For anybody else, it is an engaging, thought-provoking read about a growing and important part of the population. Donna Reid from Montreal Date: Spending a rainy Saturday with Barbara and the other women whose voices she shared was almost like attending one of her seminars - chatty, provocative and ultimately validating and helpful. Girl friends are great but there are few observers of the broader scene with the wisdom and perspective that Barbara brings to the debate of how do I manage my career, create a personal life and deal with all the other complications that life has thrown my way.
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As the most personal book that Barbara Moses has written, Dish also provides glimpses into the woman herself - and this humanizes the subjects she has chosen to write about even further. Unlike other self help and career management books - which tend to preach - Barbara writes from the trenches. She is one of us and I liked that a lot. So find 4 hours or so, curl up in your favorite chair and enjoy.
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Reviewer Jeff Davidson from Toronto Date: But it is also a must read for clueless men who might want to even begin to understand the women in their lives and according to the women quoted in this book - men and clueless are pretty much synonymous. Superbly written, sardonic and edgy. The author combines her unusual gifts of insight and observation with the candid stories contributed by women about their lives. This has produced a deep and frank assessment of what contemporary women are thinking about as they venture forth into mid life years with or without a "clueless" partner.
So guys, if it is getting harder to understand your partner or you have tuned out, you might want to get your headset adjusted. Dish would make a fine start and will give you something to talk about with your partner.
Much like a box of the finest dark chocolates, it's both delicious and good for you too. You will be tempted to gobble the wisdom and anecdotes that make up Dish and then you'll wish you had read it slowly and savoured it. Distilling the research findings from hundreds of interviews with mid-life women, Barbara Moses gives us the "inside scoop and allows us to check our experiences and feelings against the lives of women who have grappled with the same questions, insecurities, thoughts, and challenges, and overcome them. Using anecdotes she illustrates archetypical mothers, career women, girlfriends, and wives with great wit and aplomb.