A work in progress / Bonnie Sherr Klein Back to school / Susan Delacourt and Susan Harada -- Why I colour my hair / Susan Mertens -- A club of one's own / Beth Atcheson -- Karate for Felix, Tai Chi for me / Liz Whynot -- A woman over the preschool age / Susan Musgrave -- No longer just acting / Mary Walsh -- Face it / Linda Spalding -- Rust / Lynn Miles -- Connecting (feminist) lines / Diana Majury -- Levity in the face of gravity / Renate Mohr -- Ways of seeing / Meri Collier -- Ghosts / Susan Lightstone -- My grandmothers' skin / Val Napoleon -- Beauty redefined / Helene Anne Fortin -- My last erotic poem / Lorna Crozier -- Cougars and spaniels / Lyn Cockburn -- The pleasures of an older man / Harriett Lemer -- Skin and bones / Maxine Matilpi -- The shady side of fifty / Constance Backhouse -- From feisty to respectable / Elizabeth May -- Finding my voice / Sharon Constairs -- Struggling to become an elder / Judy Rebick -- Dinner tastes better than ever / Alison Smith -- Facing the void / Dawn Rae Downton -- At this stage: more wholly a fool in bright orange boots / Sheree Fitch -- Bump-her stick-her / Ann St. James -- Living beyond loss / Susannah Cohen Dalfen -- My colonoscopy / Gail Kerbel -- Of birthdays and bibliotherapy / Ann Cowan -- A work in progress / Bonnie Sherr Klein
Summary:
Nora Ephron struck a chord when she lamented her aging body in "I Feel Bad about My Neck". Women's advocate and acclaimed writer Shari Graydon set out to challenge the mourning by inviting notable women from across Canada -- all over fifty -- to provide an alternative perspective. The result is this colorful collection -- "I Feel Great about My Hands -- which pays homage to Ephron but counters her grief with a lively, often thoughtful, sometime irreverent and untimately uplifting celebration of the wonderful aspects of maturity... (Publisher's description)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.