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Colette Dowling's uplifting book celebrates the myriad possibilities for women who are now turning 50. "Red hot mamas" are the dozens of women (some famous, some not) who are defying stereotypes to discover renewed power and vitality at midlife. In honest, empowering language, the women share with readers their energetic approaches to menopause, career changes, family life, and intimacy.
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The first of the baby-boomers have reached the half-century mark. And, as always, they're changing our cultural view of things. Dowling shares her own transition to maturity. She takes a look at the issues affecting women as they age in our culture: sex after menopause, marrying more than once and finances, to name a few. Armed with enough information, maybe we women can start to view age as a good thing.
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Here's a compulsively readable dispatch from the frontiers of fifty--funny and bracing, savvy and inspiring. "Red hot mamas" are the dozens of women (some famous, some not) Colette Dowling interviewed who are discovering their power and vitality at midlife--many for the first time. Defying the stereotype of the woman who is on-the-shelf at fifty, they are reinventing themselves: redefining family responsibilities, changing jobs and careers, discovering new approaches to menopause, and remaking their intimate relationships.
Dowling is honest about the pitfalls, pinpointing the key dilemmas women must solve if they are to keep moving forward through the "age barriers" of our culture. But whether she's discussing new sexual strategies, the politics of face-lifts, the lure of a red sports car or the lure of a new marriage, there's no mistaking the mood of celebration. Red Hot Mamas is the best fiftieth birthday present ever for a ground-breaking generation of women now poised to take off on the second half of their adult lives.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0002552361
- ISBN 13 9780002552363
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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Red Hot Mamas
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ISBN 10: 0002552361
ISBN 13: 9780002552363
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 284 pages. Dj faded. Review sticker on frontFunny and poignan t, savvy and intimately personal, Red Hot Mamas doesn't skirt the issues. Colette Dowling's account of her own midlife transition is bracingly honest about the challenges of growing older as a wo man in our society - from the politics of appearance to the need to come to grips, once and for all, with money issues, and the fa mily pressures created by older parents and departing children. B ut whether she's discussing the latest scientific debates over ho rmone replacement, the risks of career change at fifty, or strate gies for midlife sexual satisfaction, she gives readers the infor mation they need to make life-changing decisions - and to comfort the really big questions: What is the most exciting and fruitful way I can make use of the next thirty or forty years? Where, how , and in whose company shall I spend them? and How can I best pro tect my options and harness my energy?. Seller Inventory # 2321n
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