Boomer
women aren't going to roll over and play asexual after sixty. We're
the Love Generation--surely we can’t be expected to shut the
gates once we enter the Golden Age!
Better
Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty
by Joan Price (Seal Press, 2006) is an upbeat, frank, woman-to-woman
friendly book that acknowledges the challenges and celebrates the
delights of older-life sexuality.
Yes,
there are challenges to sex after sixty, but there are also creative
solutions. There's nothing hotter than sex between people who know
their own bodies, are crazy about each other, relish taking lots
of time, and honor both the physicality and the spirituality of
sex. "I just don't think people can get there without a whole
lot of life experience," writes Joan Price. "We're redefining
this aging stuff."
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There
are plenty of books and magazine articles filled with doom and gloom
about midlife and older sexuality, how our tissues wither along
with our libidos, and we might as well give it up. That isn't this
book. Here older women reveal--in their own words--how they successfully
use their personal power, the joy and intimacy of their relationships,
and useful tools of all sorts--from sex toys to humor--to experience
terrific and satisfying sex.
Better
Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty combines
memoir with candid comments and tales from lively, earthy women
who aren't afraid to tell, along with helpful tips from experts
for staying sexy through the decades.
Here's
what Kirkus Reports: Health & Fitness
said on December 2, 2005:
Better
Than I Ever Expected:
Straight Talk about Sex after Sixty By: Joan
Price Publisher: Seal Press Pub Date: January 2006 ISBN: 1580051529 Media Contact: Krista Rafanello, 510-595-3664,
x 334, krista.rafanello@avalonpub.com
Price
wants to bring sexual pleasure and freedom back to the Boomers.
“We're the Love Generation,” she says proudly. “We
practically invented sex!”
A long-time
fitness guru, Price brings an exercise instructor's upbeat tempo
and infectious energy to this empowering and straightforward guide
to sex for the older woman. Covering everything from sex after
menopause to “how to spice up a long-term relationship,”
she celebrates the pleasures of sex, but also confronts age-specific
sexual issues head-on. Written for both married and single women,
there are lots of practical tips for sparking intimacy inside
and outside the bedroom. But it's not all instructional, and the
inclusion of real-life experiences is what makes this a fun and
engaging read. The author's deeply personal memoir as well as
the smattering of candid stories she's collected from “sexually
seasoned” women will help the 60+ set re-conceptualize themselves
as more sexual beings. Chapters on body-image and fitness play
a supporting role by helping teach how to feel more comfortable
and confident in their skins.
Any older
woman who knows sex isn't just for the young will appreciate this
fun and frank guide from the self-described “advocate for
ageless sexuality.”
“At
a time when forty is the new thirty and fifty is the new forty, Better
Than I Ever Expected gleefully shows us that for today’s woman
the real fun doesn’t start until sixty.”
—Ian Kerner, sex therapist and best-selling author of She Comes
First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman
“Hot
sex is definitely not just for the young. With wit, wisdom, and encouragement,
Better Than I Ever Expected proves that sex over sixty can be
just that. This book will warm your heart, add spring to your step, and
light a fire between your sheets.”
—Michael Castleman, author of Great Sex: A Man’s Guide
to the Secrets of Total-Body Sensuality
“Joan
Price’s candid description of her own exploration of mature sexuality
is a useful and validating self-help guide for her sixty-something peers
and their partners.”
—Sheryl A. Kingsberg, Ph.D., Clinical psychologist and associate
professor at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
“Better
Than I Ever Expected boldly addresses a topic that deserves much more
attention in our culture than it gets. Price offers a voice to women who,
until now, kept their rich and satisfying sex lives to themselves.”
—Marianne Brandon, PhD, co-author of Reclaiming Desire: 4 Keys
to Finding Your Lost Libido
Price’s
"Sexually Seasoned Women" walk, talk and share that sex absolutely
is "better than they ever expected after 60, and what role models
they are! These women broke open sexual doors in their 20s in 1960 and
they are doing it again. They deliver that ‘oh so juicy’ and
candid guidance of an older sister…you know, the one who has always
liked sex. Any woman approaching sex after 60, 50 or 40 will laugh out
loud and learn what to expect, how to break her own sexual mold, and how
to have Better Sex Than She Ever Expected.
-- Lou Paget, best-selling
author of How to Be a Great Lover and How to Give Her Absolute Pleasure
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