It's terrible to get old? Life is all downhill after fifty? That's
what our youth-centered culture may think but don't be duped.
Selected as a finalist for 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards,
this book can change how you think about aging, even make you feel
good about getting old! ". . . a liberating change is happening, a
change as momentous as the liberation movements of the 1960s and
70s. It brings respect for older people, appreciation for maturity,
and the promise of a more balanced culture."-from the Introduction
by Margaret Karmazin and Janet Amalia Weinberg. Discover a new,
positive way of looking at aging with Still Going Strong: Memoirs,
Stories, and Poems About Great Older Women. This exuberant,
inspiring anthology celebrates the vitality of older women and
shows them having adventures, facing loss, enjoying romance, and
feeling more capable and confident than ever. The 42 authors
included in the collection know that life after middle age is not
the diminished state dreaded by our youth-centered culture, but
rather, a time of growth and fulfillment, enriched by the wisdom of
experience and perspective. Get a taste of the passion, wit, and
wisdom of some of these women: From "Why Vermont" by Elayne Clift:
"It was great not to be driven by achievement. I was learning the
art of laid-back living. Spending a day writing, or reading, was
heavenly and I was reminded of my freedom whenever a friend said,
'I'd give anything to be doing that!'" From "Gray Matters" by
Marsha Dubrow: ". . . finally [I] have decided to enjoy being a
gray. It links me with a powerful sisterhood, complimenting each
other on our gray badge of courage. A woman with dreadlocks
resembling pillars of salt approached me on the street and said,
'You go, girlfriend. We're gray and we're proud-and gorgeous.' We
smacked high fives." From "Katherine Banning: Wife, Mother, Bank
Robber" by Melissa Lugo: "Crazy, you say? Well, wait till you hit
90 and realize you still want to live, that even though you're way
past menopause you want another child, and that even though your
breasts make tracks in the mud, you still want a lover, and that
even though your hands shake, there are still things that you
didn't get to do (like going to the Olympics and bringing home the
gold) things you want to do, that you will do. Then, see what
you're capable of. And you'll be perfectly sane. Senility,
temporary insanity, it's all bull. Old folks know exactly what
they're doing. One of the good parts about being an old fart is
that you have a license to be loony tunes, to live the wild way you
didn't have the balls for before. At 90, you see, your dignity's
gone the way of dirty diapers, and your life is heading the same
way fast. You have nothing to lose except the moment." From "A
Different Woman" by Joan Kip: "My relationship with Seth is, I tell
him, my great experiment. He calls me on every one of my
tightly-held protections, and his pleasure in meeting my body is
matched by my own freedom to respond. Ours is a relationship with
no hidden agenda, no commitments. Our occasional evenings of
uncomplicated delight are the intertwining of two desires who touch
down and embrace one another, knowing they will meet again,
sometime, somewhere. And while sex is not absent from our meetings,
it is, rather, my compelling ache to be touched and held and to
touch and hold that pulls me back each time to Seth. Like the
newly-born whose being depends upon the enfolding presence of a
parent, those of us who are now so old, glow more warmly when we,
too, may share our tenderness." Still Going Strong counters
demeaning stereotypes of "little old ladies" by offering positive,
empowering views of women over fifty. It is a hopeful voice that
speaks to any woman facing her own future.
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