Going Gray: What I Learned About Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters

New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2007. Q2 - An advance reading copy paperback book in very good condition that has some light scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. A provocative and wise book about the hot-button issue of aging with authenticity, in the spirit of I Feel Bad About My Neck and French Women Don't Get Fat. 8.25"x5.5", 209 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Anne Kreamer considered herself a youthful forty-nine until a photo of herself with her teenage daughter stopped her in her tracks. In one unguarded moment she saw herself for what she really was - a middle-aged woman with her hair dyed much too harshly. In that one moment Kreamer realized that she wasn't fooling anyone about her age and decided it was time to get real and embrace a more authentic life. She set out for herself a program to let her hair become its true color, and along the way discovered her true self. Going Gray is Kreamer's exploration of that experience, and a frank, warm and funny investigation of aging as a female obsession. Through interviews, field experiments, and her own everywoman's chronicle, Kreamer probes the issues behind two of the biggest fears aging women face. In searching for the balance between attractiveness and authenticity, Kreamer's journey of middle-aging illuminates in a friendly, useful, and entertaining way the politics and personal costs of this generation's definition of "aging gracefully.". Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).