{"product_id":"9781250268129","title":"The Panic Years : Dates, Doubts, and the Mother of All Decisions","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Panic Years\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Nell Frizzell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenowned journalist Nell Frizzell explores what happens when a woman begins to ask herself: should I have a baby?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have descriptors for many periods of life—adolescence, menopause, mid-life crisis, quarter-life crisis—but there is a period of profound change that many women face, often in their late twenties to early forties, that does not yet have a name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNell Frizzell is calling this period of flux “the panic years,” and it is often characterized by a preoccupation with one major question: should I have a baby? And from there—do I want a baby? With whom should I have a baby? How will I know when I’m ready?  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecisions made during this period suddenly take on more weight, as questions of love, career, friendship, fertility, and family clash together while peers begin the process of coupling and breeding.  But this very important process is rarely written or talked about beyond the clichés of the “ticking clock.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter Frizzell, our comforting guide, who uses personal stories from her own experiences in the panic years to illuminate the larger social and cultural trends, and gives voice to the uncertainty, confusion, and urgency that tends to characterize this time of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrizzell reminds us that we are not alone in this, and encourages us to share our experiences and those of the women around us—as she does with honesty and vulnerability in these pages. Raw and hilarious, \u003ci\u003eThe Panic Years\u003c\/i\u003e is an arm around the shoulder for every woman trying to navigate life’s big decisions against the backdrop of the mother of all questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is so much about womanhood that feels indefinable. And yet with her definitions of the flux, and the panic years, Nell manages to define the indefinable—as well as uniting childfree women and mothers, where the two are so often pitted against one another. Lyrical, moving and thorough, this is a memoir, a feminist text and a piece of social commentary. Every millennial woman should have it on her bookshelf.\" —\u003cb\u003ePandora Sykes, writer and cohost of \u003ci\u003eThe High Low\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nell Frizzell’s thoughts on womanhood and motherhood are as informative as they are poetic. Writing that challenges and enlightens you just as much as it entertains and stimulates you is rare, this book confidently does both on an important and complicated topic for modern women.” —\u003cb\u003eDolly Alderton, author of \u003ci\u003eEverything I Know About Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Searingly honest, witty and moving. For anyone who knows what it's like to simultaneously want to weep with joy and throw your child out of the window, Frizzell is a very welcome voice in the conversation on motherhood.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nell Frizzell is a master. In \u003ci\u003eThe Panic Years\u003c\/i\u003e, she picks you up and drops you deep inside herself and makes you see what she sees and feel what she feels in a manner that is both jarring and beautiful. I particularly recommend this book to men as it will start to heal the rift between the sexes that capitalism has—if not created—nourished and exploited. This book is a visceral exploration of one young woman’s life that has immediately applicable lessons for us all. Vital reading. Lest my trumpeting make you worry it’s only ‘important,’ \u003ci\u003eThe Panic Years\u003c\/i\u003e is also fun, funny, and warm. I love it dearly!”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRob Delaney, writer and star of \u003ci\u003eCatastrophe  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"A wonderful, candid memoir about the personal and political implications of motherhood, full of humour and fizzing prose. I loved it.\" —\u003cb\u003eLuiza Sauma, author of\u003ci\u003e Flesh and Bone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything You Ever Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wonderful . . . touching, helpful and enlightening.” —\u003cb\u003eSara Pascoe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lively, informative . . . Nell uses her own experience generously and the effect is inclusive, reassuring and funny. She articulates feelings I’ve had but never quite explored—it’s excellent.\" —\u003cb\u003eAmy Liptrot, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Outrun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Panic Years\u003c\/i\u003e made me laugh and it made me cry. There’s a rare tenderness to this book that comes from not having felt seen before. It’s for our generation, and Nell gets it. She understands and respects us.\" —\u003cb\u003eRhiannon Cosslett, author of\u003ci\u003e The Tyranny of Lost Things  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For someone older, in a different set of panic years altogether, part of the pleasure of this book lies in reminiscence, reflecting and reframing. But it’s also galvanising, engaging and enraging. The personal is political, philosophical, emotional, and very funny. I resisted the urge to highlight everything that made me laugh, or think, or fired me up, because the whole thing would have been one big neon block.” —\u003cb\u003eJenny Landreth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Breathtakingly good.\" —\u003cb\u003eLauren Bravo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Heartening, eye-opening, hilarious. I'm glad Nell has given this weird time a term we can all use.\" —\u003cb\u003eEmma Gannon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrazia UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250268129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40739285696718,"sku":"9781250268129","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_053787ac-11d7-45f0-83f9-bfbae5b06274.jpg?v=1641361157","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250268129","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}