Red Hot Mamas: Coming Into Our Own at Fifty - Brossura

Colette Dowling worked for Mademoiselle magazine in New York before embarking on her career as a freelance writer, publishing articles in magazines such as Harper’s, the New York Times Magazine and Esquire. She is the author of the international bestseller The Cinderella Complex and Perfect Women. She lectures throughout America, and lives in New York City and Woodstock.

Red Hot Mamas is Colette Dowling's name for women who are discovering new freedom and vitality at midlife. Could you be one? Are you in the midst of redefining your family responsibilities, changing your job or career, wondering how to approach the menopause, remaking your most important relationships?

There are many choices at this time of life, and Colette Dowling has investigated the lives of a large number of women on the threshold of fifty to find out what the key dilemmas are – and how women are dealing with them. Bracingly honest about her own midlife challenges too, she provides a rich and honest exploration of subjects like career change, sexual fulfilment, hormone replacement, money and the lack of it, new marriages, older parents, departing children and the art of being happy alone.

If you are wondering about the shape your life might take after fifty, 'Red Hot Mamas' will give you the information and encouragement you need to refocus your energies and make the most of the time ahead of you. Think of it as a new beginning.