Alibris: Midlife crisis

AUDIOBOOKS | NEW BOOKS OF NOTE | BARGAIN BOOKS

» advanced search

browse BOOKS

Page 1 of 7

sort by

1	Straight Man more books like this by Richard Russo At age fifty, Professor William Henry Devereaux, Jr, has more than a mid-life crisis to deal with. As a child, his parents found him merely exasperating. As an adult, and interim chair of the English Department, he is careening out of control. Half in love with three women, unable to understand his daughter or come to terms with his father, Hank ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings more books like this by Christopher Moore Christopher Moore's eco-satire zeroes in on a group of researchers in Maui who are studying the songs of the humpback whale. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Professors House more books like this by Willa Cather On the eve of his move to a new, more desirable residence, Professor Godfrey St Peter finds himself in the shabby study of his former home. Surrounded by the comforting, familiar sights of his past, he surveys his life and the people he has loved: his wife Lillian, his daughters and, above all, Tom Outland, his most outstanding student and once, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age more books like this by Barbara Sher Shattering the myth that turns midlife (or any age) into a crisis, this provocative guide is packed with sage advice. Watch for career counselor Barbara Sher's upcoming PBS special. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine more books like this by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. Proving prayer to be as valid and vital a healing tool as drugs or surgery, the bestselling author "of Meaning & Medicine and Recovering the Soul" offers a bold integration of science and spirituality. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Francesca's Party more books like this by Mrs. Patricia Scanlan Francesca Kirwan has been the perfect wife and mother for years, but when her husband Mark leaves his mobile phone behind, what she discovers tears her world apart. Rather than give in, Francesca decides to stand up for herself, even if she has to deal with super-fit, super-sharp career girl Nikki Langan first. Things get off to a shaky start, but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Men in Midlife Crisis more books like this by Jim Conway, Ph.D., D.Min. This newly revised version still offers practical ways to deal with the crisis, but now the book has been updated with new research and quotes for the '90s and beyond. Conway's advice comes from his own personal experience as well as years of research and counseling. After 20 years as a bestseller, this revised edition is even better. see all copies from $3.49! new only from $7.88! \| SVS
8	Intimacy more books like this by Hanif Kureishi A novel by the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "My Beautiful Laundrette" which analyzes the agonies and joys of being connected to another person. Jay, who is leaving his partner and their two sons, reflects on the vicissitudes of his relationship with Susan. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Something to Tell You more books like this by Hanif Kureishi Jamal is a successful psychoanalyst haunted by his first love and a brutal act of violence from which he can never escape. Looking back to his coming of age in the 1970s forms a vivid backdrop to the drama that develops thirty years later, as he and his friends face an encroaching middle age with the traumas of their youth still unresolved. Like ... see all copies from $7.68! new only from $14.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Far from over more books like this by Sheila O'Flanagan Gemma Garvey's marriage has been over for ages. Gemma ended it and chose to be a single mother rather than continue the pretence that her marriage to work-obsessed David Hennessy was working. So why is she so upset when he marries bimbo Orla O'Neill? Is it that Orla's thin and gorgeous, whilst Gemma at 35 feels more like 55? Or that David's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Holy more books like this by Daniel Quinn At the risk of losing everything good in his seemingly stable life, David Kennesey is driven to revisit a scene from his past. He must find out what happened one summer night 20 years ago when he followed--or was it stalked--a mysterious woman through a wasteland beside the Scioto River near Columbus, Ohio. see all copies from $2.09! new only from $7.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Franchise Babe more books like this by Dan Jenkins Veteran sports reporter Jack Brannon decides to check out a new breed of teenage hotties who are stoking interest in the LPGA tour. Jack focuses on an 18-year-old golf phenom, in this hilarious novel with dead-on takedowns of greedy sports moms, gasbag corporate sponsors, sleazy agents, and point-missing editors. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Indian summer more books like this by William Dean Howells Written in 1886, this novel examines the phenomenon of Americans in Europe, a theme that Henry James was to explore in the next two decades. It is also a love story and a valediction to youth when Colville resigns his editorship of a midwestern newspaper and returns to Florence, scene of his youthful passion. Tony Tanner has written several books ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	How to Survive Your Husband's Midlife Crisis: Strategies and Stories from the Midlife Wives Club more books like this by Gay Courter, Pat Gaudette With personal stories and a heartening sense of humor, the Midlife Wives Club guides women through the bewildering journey of the male midlife crisis. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water: How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea more books like this by Mary South At 40, novice sailor South traded in her pleasant yet dull life for the open seas. What began as an idle wish to follow her dream became a crash course in navigating the ghosts of family and loves lost, and the realization of what it means to cast off an old life and make a new one. see all copies from $2.18! new only from $2.18! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Botox Diaries more books like this by Lynn Schnurnberger, Janice Kaplan The debut novel from two TV producers is a juicy piece of chick lit about the friendship between two women undergoing midlife crises. Lucy, a glam TV producer, juggles a career on both coasts, a husband and kids, and an affair with a TV host that's just about to hit the gossip columns. Meanwhile, suburban single mom Jess is putting together a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Mad Dash more books like this by Patricia Gaffney By turns poignant and hilarious--often on the same page--"Mad Dash" is a novel about the funny ways love has of catching up to people despite their most irrational efforts to leave it behind. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Coming Into Our Fullness: On Women Turning Forty more books like this by Cathleen Rountree These candid interviews and beautiful photographs will inspire all women who are navigating through the mid-life passage. The updated look of this bestselling classic makes it the perfect companion to the later decades of Rountree's series on women. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Envy more books like this by Kathryn Harrison After attending his college reunion, William Moreland, a Manhattan psychoanalyst, becomes obsessed with the need to know if his old girlfriend was pregnant with his child when they broke up. Will's own son, Luke, has been dead for three years, killed in a boating accident, and the lives of Will and his wife, Carole, have been deeply troubled since ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle more books like this by Lois Battle Bonnie leaves her bankrupt husband and takes the first job of her life at age 50. Hired to run a program for the jobless female workers at a local mill that has closed, she gets involved in their lives and takes comfort from the similarity of their stories to hers, and from the support and affection this troubled group of women provides. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Captain Saturday more books like this by Robert Inman In Raleigh, North Carolina, which is as full of eccentrics as any Southern city, Will Baggett is a TV weather forecaster who seems to have an ideal life: good job, great marriage, successful son. Then he's fired from his job, and everything goes downhill in a scenario encompassing jail, divorce, and sad memories of his parents, who died when he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Late Hector Kipling more books like this by David Thewlis A wickedly funny black comedy from actor Thewlis, this work features a man whose midlife crisis leads him to acts of not-so-quiet desperation, supreme idiocy--and murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	I'm Not Really Here more books like this by Tim Allen Observations and witticisms on a wide variety of topics from the star of television's "Home Improvement" and the bestselling author of "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man". Here, Allen ponders the bigger questions in life: Who am I? Where do I go from here? Just where is here? Can I still hear? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Places to Stay the Night more books like this by Ann Hood When Tom Harper and his two children are abandoned by his wife, they are devastated. Then free-spirited Renata Handy moves to town with her terminally ill daughter, Millie. At this crisis point in all their lives, the two families form an unlikely union. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Love Junkie more books like this by Robert Plunket A suburban housewife falls in love with a star of gay porno films. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.08! \| signed copies \| first editions

Page 1 of 7: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next>

Browse authors

Browse subjects

Our Money-Back Guarantee

We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.