{"product_id":"say-yes-flying-solo-after-sixty-9781683489726","title":"Say Yes!: Flying Solo After Sixty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when, long-partnered and no longer youthful, we are suddenly left alone and uncoupled? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eHere is a book that embraces the will, the spirit of such a challenge. Here are stories of how an older man or woman may avoid a barren middle age. Of how to imbue our later years with heft, meaning and delight, self-renewal thick with surprise and discovery. Here are concerns that grievously affect our burgeoning aging community as most of us over 70 now live alone, matters that resonate as well for retired couples. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSay Yes  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis neither guide nor manual. Rather, it is the narrator's intimate recountings of loss and aloneness. But also possibilities for a thrilling, reconfigured reality, an abundance of bountiful awakenings for wishful readers who may become heartened and emboldened. Do we latch on? Or do we accept a conventional stasis, a sedate conformity. A digging in from fear of the untried. The author is 60 when her husband of 36 years dies of pancreatic cancer. Bereft, an opportunity arises. She takes an impulsive trip to Florence, Italy. From this, her life catapults beyond the mundane as she travels by herself to other European cities, writes a book, moves to New York. Enriched by strangers, she finds celebration in being alone, enters into passions old and new with verve and grit. Standing firm is her staunch refusal to accept a life of marking time devoid of vigorous well-being. Why move beyond what comfortably suits? To vanquish doubt, dread, despair. To savor the largesse of our world in adventurous new ways. \u003cstrong\u003eHow does one begin? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSay Yes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Page Publishing, Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683489726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Pamela Hull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38211590750389,"sku":"9781683489726","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dd280daf-e2ce-424c-a454-29b8dd1f21e9.jpg?v=1610430962","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/say-yes-flying-solo-after-sixty-9781683489726","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}