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For Keeps

Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance

Victoria Zackheim author Victoria Zackheim editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Seal Press

Published:23rd Nov '07

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Nearly every aging woman has a complicated relationship with her body. For Keeps, an inspirational collection of personal essays from writers on their ever-changing bodies, will resonate with every maturing woman. Editor Victoria Zackheim brings together women with unique voices who have all struggled, at one time or another, to make peace with the bodies that at times they don't even recognize as their own. From a mastectomy that renewed one woman's lease on life, to the emergence of gray hairs and wrinkles, each woman addresses aging, illness, injury, and life circumstances with humour and grace.These empowering essays explore the many ways that aging can be a positive, revealing transformation Ultimately, For Keeps challenges every woman to rethink the way she sees her body through various life-altering changes in order to lead a more healthy, satisfying, and productive life.

ISBN: 9781580052047

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256 pages