Going Gray How to Embrace Your Authentic Self with Grace and Style

by Kreamer, Anne

• ISBN13: 9780316166621
• ISBN10: 0316166626
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-07
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

When 49-year-old Anne Kreamer saw a horrifying photo of her harshly dyed brown hair, she realized she wasn't kidding anyone. So she set out a plan: over the next few months she would give up her weekly visits to the salon and let her hair go its natural way. The result is Going Gray : an exploration of that experience and a frank, funny, and unflinchingly wise investigation of aging today. Through interviews, experiments, and surprising personal acounts, Kreamer probes the issues behind two of the biggest fears mature women face: Can I be sexually attractive as a gray-haired middle-aged woman? and Will I be discriminated against in the work world? In searching for the balance between attrectiveness and authenticity, Kreamer offers an entertaining and valuable look at the politics and personal costs of our definition of "aging gracefully."

Author Biography

Anne Kreamer is the former executive vice-president and worldwide creative director of Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, and a co-founder of SPY magazine. She currently writes a monthly column for Martha Stewart Living and is a former columnist for Fast Company. Kreamer lives in Brooklyn with her husband, novelist and journalist Kurt Andersen, and her two daughters.

Table of Contents

How One Hair-Color Fiend Decides to Get Real	p. 3
Only Her Hairdresser Knows for Sure	p. 31
Hello? Your Roots Are Really Showing-My Bad Hair Year	p. 47
My Mother, Myself, My Daughters-How We Decide How We Want to Look	p. 68
Can Gray Be Sexy?	p. 73
"Dating"-My Three-City Match.com Road Test	p. 85
A Night on the Town	p. 97
Is Gray Hair Illegal in Hollywood?	p. 107
Red, White, and Blue, but Seldom Gray	p. 119
Nine to Five	p. 126
It's Not the Gray, It's the Clothes	p. 139
The Slippery Slope	p. 156
It's a Guy Thing, Too	p. 168
Figuring Out Where You Stand-The Fountain of Youth Index	p. 175
French Women Do Go Gray	p. 182
Is Gray the New Black?	p. 191
Really Letting Go	p. 196
Afterword	p. 205
Acknowledgments	p. 215
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