50 and Fabulous : Life Affirming Lessons from Women Aged 45 to 102

Scarcello bubbles with enthusiasm over her subject...' LA Times Some women dread the approach of their 50th birthdays, fearing it's goodbye to good times and good looks. Others barely notice the transition; they know how to welcome each age for its particular blessings. These are the women Jaki Scarcello calls 'Women of the Harvest' – women who aren't trying to turn back the clock, but reaping the fruits of a life well lived, recognizing and receiving the real gifts this stage of life brings – women for whom '50 plus' doesn't mean less, but more. Through their stories there runs a common thread of spiritual transformation – the harvest of a good life when it starts to divest itself of youth's superficial anxieties. In the space that opens up beyond 50, experience and potential form a perfect fusion: this is the most fertile ground a woman ever knows. Drawing on her own experience, as well as exhaustive research into other women's stories and through a series of interviews conducted in five countries, Scarcello shows how changing our attitude toward ageing can bring about a 'virtuous cycle' of rejuvenation.