WHAT READERS ARE SAYING. . .
Virgin Territory for Nonvirgins
Sex after 40? I spied a book of that title when I was eleven years, in a novelty shop, and, when no one was looking, I snuck over and slyly opened it. It was a joke book: all the pages were blank.
Not any more. Love after 70 is a book by a very diverse group of non-virgins that takes us into virgin territory. Age is famously difficult, and the times we are living in seemly daily more challenging, and the antidote is to remain and deepen loving and caring and, when possible, even being romantically excited. Which is to say: Love after 70 is a necessary and important book. If you want to be touched and inspired, and read good writing at the same time, I especially recommend Phyllis Langton's "Waiting" and "Celebrating Life is Forever." Those essays only begin, however, the surprises and wonder and necessary insights to be found in this indispensable anthology. the times we are living in seemly daily more challenging, and the antidote is to remain and deepen loving and caring and, when possible, even being romantically excited. Which is to say: Love after 70 is a necessary and important book. If you want to be touched and inspired, and read good writing at the same time, I especially recommend Phyllis Langton's "Waiting" and "Celebrating Life is Forever." Those essays only begin, however, the surprises and wonder and necessary insights to be found in this indispensable anthology.
Jeffery Paine, author of Father India and Re-enchantment
"Love After 70" is a collection of personal revelations about love and loving told by women and men through photographs, poems and memoirs. It is not so much a book that stirs controversy but one that shatters myths about love and sex in later life. With this anthology, these writers open a window for the reader into their intimate, sometimes funny, sometimes difficult journeys. You may want to question your own stereotypes about aging and intimacy after reading this book.
Dianne Kammerer
Love is a many splendid thing; especially later in life.
Love After 70 is not a book you sit down with to read straight through; at least it isn't for me. It is more like a bottle of aged port wine; to be sipped slowly, allowing its warmth and sweetness to spread though my being. The stories and poems of love, loss, passion, and life after 70 cover a wide range, from thought provoking, delightful, and yet profound. What wisdom and insight is found in this collection of works.
When your husband, as in Phyllis Langton's account of Gentleman George's journey (Waiting) tells you, "At least I know what's going to be on my death certificate", as if to say, "Ha! I've one upped you, so there", you realize that you are about to join an intimate journey between a women and her dying husband. Step by step you are with them as they travel this journey together: with love, humor and tears. Two loving people who knew what they had in life was worth it all.
I plan on giving this book to each of my children, aged 44 and 41, so they will know that love is not a passing phase of one's life but a process that can be every bit as exciting, wonderful and more, as we age.
Ira Hamburg, Founder, HLP Associates
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