7 Stories About Women Coming of Age in Their 30s and 40s - Electric Literature

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7 Stories About Women Coming of Age in Their 30s and 40s - Electric Literature

Coming-of-age stories are typically defined as the transition from childhood to adulthood, which is why we most commonly imagine teens and young adults at their center. But growing out of our formative childhood patterns can happen at any age, and, for many of us, the most profound periods of transformation hit well into adulthood. A woman’s thirties and forties can be particularly charged. According to many doctors, 35 is the age that women’s f…