Naked at the helm : independence and intimacy in the second half of life
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Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
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2nd Floor - Lives
Lives 92 SPECTOR
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Lives 92 SPECTOR
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Aging -- Social aspects.
Aging -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Divorced women -- Biography.
Older women -- United States -- Attitudes.
Older women -- United States -- Biography.
Older women -- United States -- Psychology.
Self-reliance in old age -- United States.
Spector, Suzanne.
Women -- Travel.
Aging -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Divorced women -- Biography.
Older women -- United States -- Attitudes.
Older women -- United States -- Biography.
Older women -- United States -- Psychology.
Self-reliance in old age -- United States.
Spector, Suzanne.
Women -- Travel.
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English
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General Note
Includes a book club guide and an art project: life collage.
Description
At age thirty-nine, Suzanne Spector found herself looking at what conventional 1950s thinking had brought her. Yes, she was a wife, mother of three, and successful school director. But she was also neglected in a sexless marriage, and feeling and as if the passion and juice of life had passed her by. She began with two questions: Who am I, really? and Is it too late ? After divorcing her husband, Suzanne set out to discover who she was as an independent woman with curiosity, questions, and lust for life. Tracing more than four decades of self-discovery and intellectual, spiritual, and creative exploration, Naked at The Helm is Spector's story of becoming the captain of her own ship in midlife. Her adventurous journey led her from a nude beach on Ibiza at forty-one to a Siberian banya at fifty-five to a hot love affair at eighty. Her intellectual quest, meanwhile, led to a second career as director of a world-renowned psychology center, while deep friendships with women, including her daughters, sustained and nourished her through decades of global travel. These probably would not be the tales your mother or grandmother would tell about her life, but this eighty-six-year old's ebullient memoir of the second half of her life will move you to weave some rich new yarns into the tapestry of your own story. And no, it's not too late.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Spector, S. (2022). Naked at the helm: independence and intimacy in the second half of life . She Writes Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Spector, Suzanne. 2022. Naked At the Helm: Independence and Intimacy in the Second Half of Life. She Writes Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Spector, Suzanne. Naked At the Helm: Independence and Intimacy in the Second Half of Life She Writes Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Spector, Suzanne. Naked At the Helm: Independence and Intimacy in the Second Half of Life She Writes Press, 2022.
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