In this beautifully written book, rife with sharp observations, Edelstein contributes to the growing body of scholarship on cultural constructions of age, adulthood, and life stages. Her book will particularly appeal to American cultural historians and literary scholars.
Sari Edelstein teaches in the English Department at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She is the author of Between the Novel and the News: The Emergence of American Women's Writing (2014), and her essays and reviews have appeared in numerous academic journals, including American Literature, Legacy, ESQ, and Studies in American Fiction.