This was a pretty good book, a tad bit archaic. Very heterocentric, but did include lesbians in parts of the book. Transwomen were not mentioned in this book at all.
As someone else said in her review, you don't have to be at midlife (or a woman, for that matter) to enjoy this book. Jean Shinoda Bolen takes on a tour of some of the ancient mystical Goddess sites of Europe. I have been to these sites many times, and it was nice to take a trip back there with Bole...