Resources
In Eavesdropping: As Real Women Talk About the Gifts and Challenges of Aging, Dr. Kendra Brown and her assembled a group of wise women, dubbed The Pages explore: How women in their 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and beyond, can embrace aging with an open heart, an open mind, and a renewed zest for living.
Contents:
- How It All Began. The Pages meet and the Eavesdropper listens
- When Did I Stop Dancing? Making choices
- But It Was Only a Lamp! Navigating a sea of relationships
- You Never Know Where Sex Will Take You. Late-life coupling
- The World Turned Upside Down. Losses, lessons and liberation
- Creating A Village. Who will be here with me?
- When You Have All the Time in the World, What Do You Have Time for? Remaining relevant and solvent
- It’s Not All Snow and Mistletoe: Holidays and Families-or Not. Relating to grown children and grandchildren
- Am I Moving In- or Out? Is He? Or Are They? New living situations
- We Leave Behind a Piece of Ourselves. Tangible and intangible legacies
- Epilogue The Eavesdropper reminisces and the real Pages speak up
In the Appendix, the Pages share useful resources:
Appendix A: How to Start Your Own Group
Appendix B: Personal Records and Documents
Appendix C: Writing an Ethical Will
Appendix D: Susan’s Favorite Gems from the Pages’ Talks
Appendix D: Suggested Reading