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The decade betweenfify and sixty is undhartered territory, a phase of life that is largely ignored.  Yet for many people it's a time of turbulent change as they face the loss of yhouthfulness, menopause, perhaps redundancy, retirement, a new role as children leave home, and the decline or death of their parents.  Dr Peter O'Connor, who previously examined the mid-life years in Understanding the Mid-Life Crisis, now explores the meaning of the fifties transition.