Fifty Is the New Fifty: Ten Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood - Hardcover

Levine, Suzanne Braun

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9780670020683: Fifty Is the New Fifty: Ten Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood

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ISBN 10: 0670020680 ISBN 13: 9780670020683

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2009

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A follow-up to Inventing the Rest of Our Lives outlines ten lessons for maximizing creativity and personal satisfaction after the age of fifty, in an anecdotal guide that shares counsel on such topics as confronting change, renegotiating one's relationships, and setting boundaries.

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Review:

"Suzanne Braun Levine's honest and empowering book is the antidote to all those anti-aging creams and glum pronouncements about life after fifty. It explains why for me, and for so many other women, this has turned out to be the most free, creative, and rewarding time of life."
aIsabella Rossellini
aFinally, fifty comes of age! Levineas concept of Second Adulthood confirms what women have been telling each other in private - this is a wonderful stage and we can each claim it in our own way.a
aMarlo Thomas
"No more pretended youth! Suzanne Braun Levine shows us the wisdom and joys of living in our own personal present. For women who have been pressured into living the past over and over again, "Fifty Is the New Fifty" is the first true Age Liberation."
Gloria Steinem
""Fifty is the New Fifty" is just what I expected from Suzanne Braun Levine--useful, comforting, and smart."
aJane Fonda

"No more pretended youth! Suzanne Braun Levine shows us the wisdom and joys of living in our own personal present. For women who have been pressured into living the past over and over again, Fifty is the New Fifty is the first true age liberation."
-Gloria Steinem
"Suzanne Braun Levine's honest and empowering book is the antidote to all those anti-aging creams and glum pronouncements about life after fifty. It explains why for me and for so many other women, this has turned out to be the most free, creative, and rewarding time of life."
-Isabella Rossellini
"Fifty is the New Fifty is just what I expected from Suzanne Braun Levine-useful, comforting and smart."
-Jane Fonda
"Finally, fifty comes of age! Levine's concept of Second Adulthood confirms what women have been telling one another in private-this is a wonderful stage and we can each claim it in our own way."
-Marlo Thomas

-No more pretended youth! Suzanne Braun Levine shows us the wisdom and joys of living in our own personal present. For women who have been pressured into living the past over and over again, Fifty is the New Fifty is the first true age liberation.-
-Gloria Steinem
-Suzanne Braun Levine's honest and empowering book is the antidote to all those anti-aging creams and glum pronouncements about life after fifty. It explains why for me and for so many other women, this has turned out to be the most free, creative, and rewarding time of life.-
-Isabella Rossellini
-Fifty is the New Fifty is just what I expected from Suzanne Braun Levine-useful, comforting and smart.-
-Jane Fonda
-Finally, fifty comes of age! Levine's concept of Second Adulthood confirms what women have been telling one another in private-this is a wonderful stage and we can each claim it in our own way.-
-Marlo Thomas

About the Author:

Suzanne Braun Levine is the author of three previous books. She was the first editor of Ms. magazine, where she worked for seventeen years. She was also the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. A nationally recognized authority on women, media, and family issues, she lectures widely and has appeared on major television talk shows, including Oprah, Charlie Rose, and Today.

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