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Killers of a certain age / by Raybourn, Deanna,author.;
"Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon. They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire -- it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills. When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realize they've been marked for death. Now to get out alive they have to turn against their own organization, relying on experience and each other to get the job done, knowing that working together is the secret to their survival. They're about to teach the Board what it really means to be a woman-and a killer-of a certain age"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Older women; Older women; Assassins;
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Fashion and age : dress, the body and later life / by Twigg, Julia,author.;
A fascinating account of the relationship between dress and age and an investigation into the changing ways in which the fashion industry interacts with older generations. The book is driven by the desire to extend the remit of the study of fashion to encompass clothing as part of everyday bodily life.Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-169) and index.Introduction -- Clothing, fashion and the body -- Ageing, embodiment and culture -- The voices of older women -- Dress and the narration of life -- Magazines, the media and Mrs. Exeter -- The high street responds : designing for the older market -- Conclusion.
Subjects: Older women; Women's clothing.; Women;
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Can't wait to get to heaven [sound recording] by Flagg, Fannie.;
Read by the author.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Audiobooks.; Older women; Near-death experiences;
© p2006., Random House Audio,
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Not too old for that : how women are changing the story of aging / by Larson, Vicki,1956-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword / by Wednesday Martin -- Introduction: The women we're becoming -- The amazing invisible woman -- 'I'll have what she's having' -- I do, I don't, I won't -- I feel bad about more than just my neck -- From Mean Girls to BFFs and Golden Girls -- 'It's probably just your hormones' -- Investments are a girl's best friend -- A love letter to women."The narratives around women at midlife and older are more than just sexist and ageist; they're damaging to women's physical, emotional, financial, romantic, and sexual health. This book will help women break through those tired and hurtful stereotypes to better reflect who they are, how they live, and what they want as they age"--
Subjects: Older women.; Middle-aged women.; Aging;
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Escape from assisted living : [a novel] / by Hicks, Joyce,author.;
Subjects: Congregate housing; Older women; Missing persons;
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The summer seekers / by Morgan, Sarah,1948-author.;
"Kathleen is eighty years old. After she has a run-in with an intruder, her daughter wants her to move into a residential home. But she's not having any of it ... Martha is having a quarter-life crisis. Unemployed, unloved and uninspired, she just can't get her life together ... When Martha sees Kathleen's advertisement for a driver and companion to share an epic road trip across America with, she decides this job might be the answer to her prayers ... Anyway, how much trouble can one eighty-year-old woman be?"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Older women; Automobile travel; Summer;
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Florence Gordon / by Morton, Brian,1955-;
Meet Florence Gordon: blunt, brilliant, cantankerous and passionate, feminist icon to young women, invisible and underappreciated by most everyone else. At seventy-five, Florence has earned her right to set down the burdens of family and work and shape her legacy at long last. But just as she is beginning to write her long-deferred memoir, her son Daniel returns to New York from Seattle with his wife and daughter, and they embroil Florence in their dramas, clouding the clarity of her days with the frustrations of middle-age and the confusions of youth.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Older women; Authorship; Families;
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Honey : a novel / by Lodato, Victor,author.;
Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer's Arthur Less: Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past. As a rebellious teenager, Honey managed to escape her father's circle of influence and reinvent herself in a world of art and beauty, working for a high-end auction house in Los Angeles. Now in her twilight years, she decides to return home and unexpectedly falls in love. But in her family, nothing has changed. When her grandnephew Michael bursts into her life in what appears to be a drug-fueled frenzy, and her Lexus gets jacked, it's hard to keep minding her own business. As old cruelties begin to resurface, Honey is no longer sure what she really wants--to forgive or to avenge. This electrifying literary breakout from PEN USA Award-winning author Victor Lodato is a masterful and deeply moving portrait of love in all its forms, of moral ambiguity, and of inspiring change--a story of female rage that asks the question: What are the limits of compassion in a world gone mad?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Older women; Homecoming; Families; Organized crime;
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Aging joyfully : a woman's guide to optimal health, relationships, and fulfillment for her 50s and beyond / by Manly, Carla Marie.; Familius LLC.publisher.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-252).Introduction -- Embracing maturity with wisdom and joy -- Loving your maturing self from the inside out -- Appreciating and caring for your beautiful, maturing body -- Tuning in to your relationships and roles -- Embracing changes in relationships and roles -- A brave, passionate you -- Joyfully living your dreams."Clinical psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly provides an important and meaningful window into womanhood for those approaching fifty and beyond. A must-read book for every woman who wants to embrace the aging process, Aging Joyfully invites the reader to discover a radiant life filled with freedom, beauty, and joy."--Back cover
Subjects: Older women; Older women; Older people.; Longevity; Old age.; Aging.; Happiness.;
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What makes Olga run? : the mystery of the ninety-something track star and what she can teach us about living longer, happier lives / by Grierson, Bruce,author.;
"In What Makes Olga Run? Bruce Grierson explores what the wild success of a ninety-three-year-old track star can tell us about how our bodies and minds age. Olga Kotelko is not your average ninety-three-year-old. She not only looks and acts like a much younger woman, she holds over twenty-three world records in track and field, seventeen in her current ninety to ninety-five category. Convinced that this remarkable woman could help unlock many of the mysteries of aging, Grierson set out to uncover what it is that's driving Olga. He considers every piece of the puzzle, from her diet and sleep habits to how she scores on various personality traits, from what she does in her spare time to her family history. Olga participates in tests administered by some of the world's leading scientists and offers her DNA to groundbreaking research trials. What emerges is not only a tremendously uplifting personal story but a look at the extent to which our health and longevity are determined by the DNA we inherit at birth, and the extent to which we can shape that inheritance. It examines the sum of our genes, opportunities, and choices, and the factors that forge the course of any life, especially during"--Journalist Bruce Grierson presents the story of 95-year-old Canadian track and field athlete Olga Kotelko, who took up track at age 77 for fun.Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index.Rust never sleeps -- The adversity hypothesis -- Tests of mind -- The sweat prescription -- An evolutionary theory of Olga -- Tests of body -- Habits -- Personality -- What makes Olga run? -- Olga and me -- Going deeper -- Shadows -- Coda: nine rules for living.
Subjects: Kotelko, Olga, 1919-; Women track and field athletes; Older women athletes;
© 2014., Henry Holt,
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