Now it's my turn

What does a 40-year old woman do with the rest of her life when she finds herself with her youngest child in school and a second lifetime ahead of her? Millions of women will laugh a little, cry a little and most definitely identify with Joyce Beaton. Men will find her book full of clues to the restlessness of today's (1974) wife and mother. She touches shrewdly on the unmentioned and little discussed subject of the middle-aged man's dissatisfaction with life also. Virtually overnight at age 40 Joyce Beaton woke up and took stock of her life. What did she have to bargain with when she gave up a career at 20 for marriage and her at-home experience only prepared her as a waitress or at best a file clerk? Far from moaning about her lot in life, Joyce didn't slip into her menopausal years with a drink in her hand, a pill bottle and a resigned attitude. She said "Now it's my turn" and got involved immediately in the things that interested her, writing, the environment, minority and women's rights. Average is the word Joyce Beaton uses to describe herself. In this book she takes you through her adventures with wit, compassion and a fantastic understanding of what it's all about to be a woman today.