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    I Had My Daughter in Midlife and She Became My Writing Muse

    Dec 21, 2020 2 minutes
    BY ESTELLE ERASMUS

    My husband jokes with me that my midlife crisis was having my now 11-year-old daughter in my 40s.

    I started my career in publishing as Associate Beauty Editor at magazine in the late 90s. Then I was a magazine editor-in-chief for five national consumer publications, including at Hachette. I also freelanced, writing about health, beauty, fitness, and relationships for print magazines like and .

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