Fifty Is the New Fifty: Ten Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Suzanne Braun Levine

Ten lessons to maximizecreativity and happiness inthe second half of life

In this inspiring new book, Suzanne Braun Levinefollows her groundbreaking Inventing the Rest of OurLives with fresh insights, research, and practical adviceon the challenges and unexpected rewards for womenin their fifties and beyond. Rich with anecdotes fromthe front lines of self-reinvention, this book capturesthe voices of women who are confronting change,renegotiating their relationships, and discovering whothey are now that they are finally grown up.Among the lessons are: "No" is not a four-letterWord, on the energizing power of standing up for whatyou mean and what you want; Do unto yourself as youhave been doing unto others, a new way of getting yourselfto the top of the to-do list; and Your marriage canmake it, reassurance that changing your outlook doesn'thave to mean walking away from your marriage.Shaped by Levine's empathetic and lively voice,this book is about wisdom, survival, joy, and camaraderie.It reads like a conversation among women whoknow what they are talking about and want to sharewhat they have discovered.