Book description
As a result of what she calls 'the only stroke of genius I've ever
had', Jane Juska placed a personal ad in a newspaper, that began:
'Before I turn 67 - next March - I would like to have a lot of sex
with a man I like.' The response was overwhelming, and it changed
Jane's life. She told all in A Round-Heeled Woman, which Lynne
Truss called 'the best book about sex I have read', and which shocked
some, amused many and became a bestseller.
Five years later, Jane has, like it or not, become a kind of icon
for the post-menopause generation. She's a friend and confessor to
women of all ages with poignant, tragic or enchanting stories -
unaccompanied women, alone for now but searching for sex and romance.
And despite her success, Jane herself is still looking for a man to
keep her company - not a husband, not even a partner, but the perfect
lover, described by Katharine Hepburn as one who 'lives nearby and
visits often'.
So the story continues, looking around at her generation, back to
her youth, and forward to... whatever grabs her fancy. And like many
unaccompanied women, Jane's also in search of a better place to live.
Her current tiny apartment doesn't allow for much in the way of
romance, let alone the giant toy box she wants to fill for her
granddaughter, born on her birthday and now just two, who's brought
another kind of love to her life. But as a sporadic earner on a
teacher's pension, she can never afford the dream house.
So the search continues, for love, friendship, sex, a roof over her
head - it's what keeps this seventy-two year old author young, and
will keep readers wonderfully entertained in this funny, deft and
touching memoir.
Jane Juska is a retired teacher, and the author of one bestselling memoir.
