Find the Love of Your Life After 50! [Paperback]

Alice Solomon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2003

Find the Love of Your Life After Fifty! resolves many issues important to dating and mating at this stage in life: improving on attitude and adaptability; where to meet others; dating with dignity and not dismay; whether sex is important still; overcoming feelings of rejection, and more. Offering true life stories, guidelines, and self-help quizzes, it will motivate, educate, and encourage a totally new and positive attitude about dating. What does it take to find a companion, a lover, a mate at this stage in life? It takes acknowledging that dating is different from years past. It takes summoning courage and taking risks. It takes the right timing. It takes being adaptable. It takes being realistic, being creative, and educating yourself. It takes looking good. And, at the very least, it takes knowing the best places to socialize.What a task, you might say? Not really. Find the Love of Your Life After Fifty! will demonstrate how anyone can bring love, romance, and companionship into life once more.

Editorial Reviews

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"A real inspiration for those meeting the dating scene after the big Five-O." -- Peggy Austen, Editor, Aging with Style Magazine

"Alice Solomon is a trailblazer for women of all ages." -- Kelli Kennedy, Boca Raton News

"Alice shows us how to be just as sexy and smart as Parisan "women of a certain age!" -- - Leil Lowndes, Author, How to Make Anyone Love You

"Read Find the Love of Your Life After 50! and find love within a year ...." -- - Ron Wiggins, The Palm Beach Post

About the Author

A former Mrs. Massachusetts, syndicated newspaper columnist, and radio show host, Alice Solomon graduated Wellesley College cum laude at the age of 50. Her website, http://www.GorgeousGrandma.com, received the "Golden Web Award 2002-2003" and her work will soon be highlighted in an upcoming book anthology, Small Miracles. A member of the Florida Speakers Association, this is her second book.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: The Writers' Collective (September 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932133682
• ISBN-13: 978-1932133684
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS FOR WOMEN OF ANY AGE, May 7, 2004

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This review is from: Find the Love of Your Life After 50! (Paperback)

(Deb Jones, Online Reviewer)
Don't let the title of the book fool you: FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AFTER 50! This book is for women of any age, and for men as well, if they'd like some insight into the female mind and heart. For the younger set, the whole idea of the book may seem silly...but life does NOT end at thirty...and women and men in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth decades of their lives have emotional and sexual needs as do their younger counterparts. Alice Solomon has written a very sensible and insightful book about a long-ignored sector of the dating population. In this book written to and for "Gorgeous Grandmas," Solomon addresses issues such as how dating and relationships differ at this life stage than in younger years. Skin care is discussed as well as the importance of good grooming, and makeup for the mid-life woman. Realistic and varied places are presented for consideration of meeting new people, as well as prompts to remain open-minded and non-judgmental when doing so. Because people who are meeting one another at this point in their lives are not looking to marry in order to raise a family, it is pointed out that readers should reflect on what lifestyle changes they are willing to make...and those that they are not. There are multiple self-help quizzes to aid the reader in her quest to make the most of this portion of her dating life. Alice Solomon writes from personal experience, as well as that of her friends and readers and listeners to both her formerly syndicated newspaper column and as a former radio show co-host The book is written in a clear and flowing style, easy-to-read and unpretentious. Reading FINDING THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AFTER 50! is like having great conversation with a good friend.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, Good Tips,, June 14, 2007

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C. Dawes "Wise Woman Shining" (Missoula, MT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Find the Love of Your Life After 50! (Paperback)

Alice Solomon bills herself as a Gorgeous Grandma. While not every boomer wants to consider herself a gorgeous grandma, the spirit behind the idea is great. This spirit evokes fun and adventure and is evident in the pages of this book. The book is actually a collection of essays about different aspects of dating after 50 -- everything from Internet dating to face cream, assertiveness and the peril of married men. It also has a number of good suggestions as to where to meet men, including activities to take up.

I've found in my coaching practice that many women who are dating haven't done the inner work that they need to do first. This book will help you prepare for dating in many ways, so it's worth the read. The only negatives I find about it are that it does seem a little disjointed because of the essay style and it feels like she's talking to women who are older than my age (mid-50s if you must know!).

If you have forgotten how to flirt and just starting out on the dating scene after 50, this is the book for you.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A no-nonsense survey of what makes dating after 50 different, March 7, 2004

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Find the Love of Your Life After 50! (Paperback)

Find The Love Of Your Life After 50! by Alice Solomon is an invaluable and thoroughly "user friendly" self-help guide to the singles scene for women over fifty. From the advantages of computer dating; to a no-nonsense survey of what makes dating after 50 different; to the type of man one is most compatible with; to where to meet single men who would have an interest in older women, and so much more, Find The Love Of Your Life After 50! is an excellent primer embodying both the romantic and the practical.