Γ@Μ@ΤΗ at 40

About the Book

For every woman who has ever felt trapped—this is a funny, raw, and empowering story about the midlife crisis.

Creator, mother, lover, and social media phenomenon, [Tova Leigh](chatgpt://generic-entity?number=0) explores what on earth you’re supposed to do when you find yourself living a life you don’t remember signing up for.

“I didn’t want to ‘dress like a mom,’ drive a ‘mom car,’ have a ‘mom haircut,’ or be saved in someone’s phone as ‘so-and-so’s mom.’ And yet, I felt completely alone!

I had friends—other women, other mothers—but for some reason, I had no one to talk to about any of this. Everywhere I looked, I saw women who seemed to be living the dream suburban life: two kids, a messy minivan, holidays once a year, dinner parties, and Tuesday morning yoga for ‘me time.’ It made me want to throw up.

The truth is, when I looked in the mirror, I no longer knew who I was. What I saw was, at best, a faded version of myself—the person I used to be before having children and before losing myself completely.

I panicked, realizing I was slowly approaching middle age and menopause, wondering how many years I had left to still feel desirable before everything started going downhill.”

In her first book, Tova takes readers on her journey to rediscover who she is after motherhood and beyond society’s expectations—encouraging women to break free and simply be themselves.

“Once you find authenticity, it’s hard to go back. It’s like opening a door to truth and breathing a completely new kind of air. That discovery pushed me to write. It’s my way of saying: I AM HERE.”