恐慌年代

The Panic Years: Dates, Doubts, and the Mother of All Decisions

[基本信息/Product Details]

出版社 : Flatiron Books (2021年2月9日)

语言 : 英语

精装 : 288页

ISBN-10 : 1250268125

ISBN-13 : 978-1250268129

商品重量 : 408 g

尺寸 : 16.1 x 2.46 x 24.38 cm

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

[书籍内容/Book Description]

著名记者Nell Frizzell探究了当一个女人开始问自己:我应该要孩子吗?

我们对人生的许多阶段都有描述——青春期、更年期、中年危机、四分之一生命危机——但有一段时期，很多女性都面临着深刻的变化，通常是在二十八九岁到四十出头，这个时期还没有名字。

内尔·弗里泽尔(Nell Frizzell)把这段动荡的时期称为“恐慌的年代”(the panic years)，它的特点是人们对一个主要问题的关注:我应该要孩子吗?从那以后，我还想要孩子吗?我应该和谁生孩子?我怎么知道我什么时候准备好了?

在这一时期所做的决定突然变得更有分量，因为爱情、事业、友谊、生育和家庭等问题一起发生冲突，而同龄人则开始了联姻和生育的过程。但除了“滴答作响的时钟”的clichés之外，很少有人写或谈论这个非常重要的过程

我们的安慰向导弗瑞泽尔(Frizzell)来了，她用自己在恐慌年代经历的个人故事来阐明更大的社会和文化趋势，并表达了这个时代的不确定性、困惑和紧迫感。

Frizzell提醒我们，我们并不孤单，并鼓励我们分享自己的经历和身边女性的经历——她在书中以诚实和脆弱的态度这样做。《恐慌年代》既粗俗又滑稽，是每个试图在《一切问题之母》的背景下做出人生重大决定的女性的臂膀。

Renowned journalist Nell Frizzell explores what happens when a woman begins to ask herself: should I have a baby?

We 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.

Nell 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?

Decisions 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.”

Enter 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.

Frizzell 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, The Panic Years 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.

[媒体推荐/Reviews]

"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." ―Pandora Sykes, writer and cohost of The High Low

"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.” ―Dolly Alderton, author of Everything I Know About Love

"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." ―Vogue UK

“Nell Frizzell is a master. In The Panic Years, 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,’ The Panic Years is also fun, funny, and warm. I love it dearly!”

―Rob Delaney, writer and star of Catastrophe

"A wonderful, candid memoir about the personal and political implications of motherhood, full of humour and fizzing prose. I loved it." ―Luiza Sauma, author of Flesh and Bone and Everything You Ever Wanted

“Wonderful . . . touching, helpful and enlightening.” ―Sara Pascoe

[作者简介/Author]

Nell Frizzell是一名自由撰稿人，为《Vogue》杂志撰写专栏文章，同时也为《卫报》、《Elle》、《Vice》、Buzzfeed、《独立报》、《观察家报》和《每日电讯报》撰稿。她以性别、怀孕和育儿方面的专题和专栏而闻名，她多次出现在BBC的各种节目中。除了新闻工作，内尔还创作和表演喜剧，并担任救生员。她与伴侣和孩子住在伦敦。

Nell Frizzell is a freelance journalist who writes a column for Vogue and also writes for the Guardian, Elle, Vice, Buzzfeed, the Independent, the Observer, and the Telegraph. She is best known for features and columns on gender, pregnancy, and parenting, and she has been featured several times on various BBC programs. In addition to journalism, Nell has written and performed comedy and works as a lifeguard. She lives in London with her partner and child.