Love in the Second Act: True Stories of Romance, Midlife and Beyond

By Alison Leslie Gold

Book Overview

Inspiring stories of individuals--aged 46 to 97--who experienced a resurgence of passion in their lives when they least expected it.F. Scott Fitzgerald believed there are no second acts in American lives. Yet at least as far as love is concerned, the statistics indicate otherwise. These days, more and more people are falling in love and embarking on deep and fulfilling romantic relationships in the later part of their lives. At a time when the specter of spending one's final years alone can seem only slightly less intimidating than Internet dating, the subjects profiled in this book tossed their hearts up in the air with the hope that love just might spring eternal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938371216
• ISBN13: 9781938371219
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Tmi Publishing
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

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There are so many jewels in this book. I have not yet finished reading it, but already have been charmed and delighted by the imagery and magic of real stories of love in the 'second act'. It is much more than I expected, it goes beyond finding relationships to the joy of experiencing love at a new level, a deeper level. Meet 97 year old Joe, who conjures up the image of an ancient yew tree: " ...that has grown vertically in its youth and horizontally in midlife...producing new living roots that feed on the soil, pushing down and down." Love sometimes comes in a back door you left open...I skipped to the back of the book to read the story of the Mansfield-Greenwald family and was deeply moved by their journey to China to adopt their daughters. This book should be read slowly to hear the beauty in it.