Aging Women


The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
The Correspondent
Wreck
The Ladies of Llangollen
The Change
A Time of Light and Shadow: To Asia, Africa, and the Long Way Home
Juicy Crones: Free for the Strangest Adventures
Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies of the Sea
A Certain Age
On Becoming a Fairy Godmother
Vegan for Her: The Woman's Guide to Being Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet
The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society
My Dream of You
Almost There
The Secret Life of Bees
It Hurts To Be Alive and Obsolete: Often when men are attracted to me, they feel ashamed and conceal it. They act as if it were ridiculous. If they do become involved, they are still ashamed and may refuse to appear publicly with me. Their fear of mockery is enormous. There is no prestige attached to having sex with me. Since we are all far more various sexually than we are supposed to be, often, in fact, younger men become aware of me sexually. Their response is similar to what it is when th ...more
Zoe Moss, Sisterhood Is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement

Kristy McGinnis
When you were living in the moment though, it wasn’t possible to truly understand how finite it all was. Don’t we all secretly hope that we are the exception to the rules of time? We might even be immortal. Then, one day, something happens, you see your aging reflection in the mirror, really see it, and you know you’ve been fooling yourself. You can’t go back and relive it again and remembering can be a beautiful thing, but it can also break your heart.
Kristy McGinnis, Motion of Intervals

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