Sara Wheeler O My America!: Six Women and Their Second Acts in a New World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013)

“The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. A lament, yet one that bubbles with latent wisdom. What is middle age for, after all, if not living a life infused with the lessons of youth? A … Continue Reading ››