Seasons of the Heart: Men and Women Talk About Love, Sex, and Romance After 60 - Softcover

Gross, Zenith Henkin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577311086 ISBN 13: 9781577311089

Publisher: New World Library, 2000

Synopsis

The author offers a refreshing look at love after sixty, encouraging people to leave preconceptions behind and explore their own models of romance and relationship. Original.

About this title

From Library Journal:

To write this book, Gross, a journalist who herself found love after 60, interviewed more than 300 men and women of various sexual orientations and ethnicities. These personal accounts from everyday folk and celebrity elders like Nelson Mandela, who remarried at 80, are complemented by her background reading and discussion with geriatric researchers. The results of her studies, while not particularly surprising (ageism is rampant in American society, older couples can and do enjoy sex, grown children can be difficult if they feel their dead parent is being "replaced"), are well presented and, with the population of senior citizens growing exponentially, timely. While Gross's last few chapters seem to wander a bit, she does cover some ground that books like Eileen Simpson's Late Love do not. In particular, her chapter on gays and lesbians sometimes moves beyond love, sex, and romance but is still important. A nice list of print, electronic, and organizational resources is included. Recommended for public libraries.DPam Matthews, Gettysburg Coll., PA
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About this edition

• Publisher: New World Library
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1577311086
• ISBN 13: 9781577311089
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271