The MiddlepauseBy: Marina Benjamin "In The Middlepause Benjamin deftly and brilliantly examines the losses and unexpected gains she experienced in menopause. Menopause is a mind and body shift as monumental and universal as puberty, yet far less often discussed, especially in public, which is what makes Benjamin's work here so urgently necessary." Kate Tuttle, The Los Angeles Times The Middlepause offers a vision of contentment in middle age, without sentiment or