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Going Gray: What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters
by Anne Kreamer
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780316166614 
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Anne Kreamer considered herself a youthful 49 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. "Going Gray" is Kreamers exploration of that experience, and a frank, warm and funny investigation of aging as a female obsession. Little, Brown and Company
Review:
"'Kreamer has been creative director of Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite and columnist for Martha Stewart Living. She has a loving husband (author and radio personality Kurt Andersen) and two daughters. She was 49 and still 'pretending' to be young. So not only did she decide to stop coloring her hair, she set out to discover the practical implications of going gray. If she wanted, could she still find men willing to date her? Was gray a handicap in the job market? Not surprisingly, she found that it isn't so much what other people think, 'it's how we feel.' Her consultants reminded her that hair color is only one part of a woman's appearance; a new haircut, well-selected cosmetics, new clothes and even plastic surgery will affect the success of a woman's look. Kreamer's chatty, confessional style is appealing, as are the gray-positive cultural icons she invokes (George Clooney, Helen Mirren, Emmylou Harris). But when she declares, 'I remain at least as vain as the next person. I intend to continue spending large sums to have my hair cut and styled,' she undercuts her own argument that 'repackaging' ourselves can be a dangerously 'slippery slope.' In the end, she's learned to accept her own aging; readers over 55, however, may find that premature. (Sept.)' Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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titianlibrarian, December 15, 2007 (view all comments by titianlibrarian)
With all the baby boomers still a huge force in society and the markets, this book is right on target. The author is a high-powered New York City mother and previous executive at Nickelodeon; she knows how others' perceptions can harm those who allow aging to show its signs. Kreamer uses this book as both a memoir to document her own journey into gray, and as an analytical look at America's avoidance of going gray. With research, interviews, stories and observations from around the United States, she weaves a lighthearted and interesting book.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780316166614
- Subtitle:
- What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Little Brown and Company
- Subject:
- Women
- Subject:
- Aging
- Subject:
- Personal Memoirs
- Subject:
- Social aspects
- Publication Date:
- September 2007
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 858x588x91 81
