Naked at the Helm: Independence and Intimacy in the Second Half of Life

At age thirty-nine, Suzanne Spector found herself looking at what conventional 1950s thinking had brought her. Yes, she was a wife, mother of three, and successful school director. But she was also neglected in a sexless marriage, and feeling and as if the passion and juice of life had passed her by.

She began with two questions: Who am I, really? and Is it too late ?

After divorcing her husband, Suzanne set out to discover who she was as an independent woman with curiosity, questions, and...