{"product_id":"naked-at-the-helm-independence-and-intimacy-in-the-second-half-of-life-9781647420857","title":"Naked at the Helm: Independence and Intimacy in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt age thirty-nine, Suzanne Spector found herself looking at what conventional 1950s thinking had brought her. Yes, she was a wife, mother of three, and successful school director. But she was also neglected in a sexless marriage, and feeling and as if the passion and juice of life had passed her by.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e She began with two questions: \u003ci\u003eWho am I, really?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIs it too late ?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After divorcing her husband, Suzanne set out to discover who she was as an independent woman with curiosity, questions, and lust for life. Tracing more than four decades of self-discovery and intellectual, spiritual, and creative exploration, \u003ci\u003eNaked at The Helm\u003c\/i\u003e is Spector’s story of becoming the captain of her own ship in midlife. Her adventurous journey led her from a nude beach on Ibiza at forty-one to a Siberian banya at fifty-five to a hot love affair at eighty. Her intellectual quest, meanwhile, led to a second career as director of a world-renowned psychology center, while deep friendships with women, including her daughters, sustained and nourished her through decades of global travel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These probably would not be the tales your mother or grandmother would tell about her life, but this eighty-six-year old’s ebullient memoir of the second half of her life will move you to weave some rich new yarns into the tapestry of your own story. And no, it’s not too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Suzanne Spector doesn’t just tell us to expect vibrant, surprising,  joy-filled life into our eighties; sharing her stories, her life, her  whole self, she shows us how a ‘regular woman’ finds or indeed creates  joy in at any age. Suzanne is not a celebrity with plastic surgeons and  publicists on speed dial, and thank goodness. She is a real (adorable)  person who has built (and continually rebuilt) a life of beauty and  adventure by putting in the work \u003ci\u003eon the inside\u003c\/i\u003e. To read her story, her stories, is to be inspired to strip, stretch, and shine . . . just like she does.”\u003cbr\u003e —Jen Laffler, award-winning poet, teacher, and author of \u003ci\u003eJ is for JITTERBUG: A Fanciful Animal Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “In her wise and sensual memoir, Suzanne Spector offers a master class  in living life to its fullest at every age. Readers will be in awe at  Dr. Spector’s forward thinking and uncompromising ability to live life  on her own terms. Ripe with universal truths and gasp-worthy  adventures.” \u003cbr\u003e —Jennifer Coburn, author of \u003ci\u003eWe’ll Always Have Paris \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585871216983,"sku":"9781647420857","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781647420857.jpg?v=1756489588","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/naked-at-the-helm-independence-and-intimacy-in-the-second-half-of-life-9781647420857","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}