AS SEEN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BITCH MAGAZINE THE LA REVIEW OF BOOKS LIT HUB AND MOREIn this groundbreaking collection of essays poems and creative nonfiction more than twentynine writers offer witty and incisive insight into the unique experience of being or having an older parent in todays world. turns raw funny tender and wise these stories reshape our understanding of the social factors that impact later parenthood honor the strength and resilience required to overcome countless challenges posed in healthcare and adoption settings and relish in the many joys of a parentchild relationship no matter what age. Writers child development experts and older parents themselves Vicki Breitbart and Nan BauerMaglin have curated a collection that truly affirms and destigmatizes the act of becoming a parent over 40 whether by choice or by chance. include New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award winner Elizabeth Acevedo awardwinning author Adam Berlin writer and editor Laura Broadwell author and editor Salma Abdelnour Gilman professor and institute director Elizabeth Gregory podcast producer and host Barbara Herel author and research scholar Elline Lipkin retired journalist Linda Wright Moore founder and executive director of The Democracy Center Jim Shultz and more. Tock is a document a community a manual a help line a chorus of voices expressing the gamut of complicated emotions that accompany a person of a certain age contemplating the leap into parenthood.