Entering the Age of Elegance: A Rite of Passage & Practical Guide for the Modern Maturing Woman

Thirty-eight million baby boomer women have already entered the Age of Elegance, which is a new stage of life with a new identity. More will follow; yet many of these women are making this journey without any real advance planning. Many of them don't even think of themselves as ''elegant'' but this transition into the second half of their lives can take place with style and grace.

Now think F-A-S-T: *format *approach *style *tempo

These are the key elements which make this book original. It is written as a travel guide filled with valuable information that will whet the reader's appetite to explore resources in detail on the topics featured in the book. The Table of Contents provides such curiosity-evoking subtitles as Change Your Oil Filter, The FGA Quotient, The F-Word You Need to Use, The 10 Commandments of Aging Motherhood, and Think MSN, Beyond Support Pantyhose, and Just Heard It through the Grapevine.

Chloe Jon Paul, M.Ed., is a retired educator and writer of several published articles and a book entitled What Happens Next: A Family Guide to Nursing Home Visits . . . and More.

Her many achievements include winning the title of Ms. Maryland Senior America 2003; receiving the Fulbright Fellowship Seminars Abroad award to South Africa, 1996; serving as the lead facilitator for the Alternatives to Violence Project in prison and community workshops on conflict resolution for ten years; serving as a state representative for the National Family Caregivers Association's caregiver community action network from 2006-2008; traveling to all seven continents; and serving as an advisory board member on the MD, Healthcare Commission and Interagency Commission for Aging Services: Maryland Department of Aging.

Chloe's philosophy of life is ''find a need and fill it.'' She is the proud mother of a son, Dominic, and daughter, Alessa. Her three grandsons are her greatest joy. Chloe resides in Bowie, MD.