How to Prepare for Your High-School Reunion: And Other Midlife Musings

by Susan Allen Toth

Offers a wry, poignant, funny, and wise look at the middle years of life and explores the struggles, as well as the joys, of accepting oneself at this important stage in life's journey

Genres: Essays

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Dr. Toth graduated from Smith College and Berkeley and received a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1969. She taught English at San Francisco State College and now teaches at Macalester College in Minnesota. Toth has contributed articles and stories to a wide range of magazines and newspapers. She has written two memoirs—Blooming: A Small Town Girlhood (1981) and Ivy Days: Making My Way Out East (1984). She has also written a series of books on England, including My Love Affair with England (1992), England as You Like It (1995), England for All Seasons (1997), and Victoria, the Heart of England: A Journey of Discovery (1999).

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of essays that I really enjoyed. Some, more than others. I first read Susan Allen Toth years ago when she wrote "Blooming: A Small-town Girlhood" about growing up in Ames. I also enjoyed her memoir about her college years at Smith ("Ivy Days").