Raging Gracefully

- For a new generation of women embracing the freedom and fun being over 40 has to offer! - There are 40 million women between 40 and 60 in America alone - The above demographic is the largest, wealthiest, most educated consumer group in the U.S. Women over forty gather to give voice to the unique challenges and choices that color this glorious yet gut-wrenching time of life. This engaging, endearing collection of true-life stories reveals the guts and glory of women old enough to know who they are--and run with it: - A grieving widow of forty-nine experiences the healing powers of friendship, laughter, and water while vacationing and skinny-dipping in Mexico with sister-friends. - A committed bachelorette has a change of heart and ties the knot in her sixtieth year. - A once mild-mannered woman raves about her unexpected menopausal rage, whiskers, weight gain, crushing fatigue, and crashing libido--and refuses to go without a fight into that dark crone's night. In mid-life the truth comes out whether we like it or not--about life, about death, about what really matters. We take on everything from children who won't grow up and parents who become children to about-face career changes and relationship rescues (or not). But through it all we can still have some fun--and this is the book that proves it.