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Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real Estate
Villard
May 2006
272 pages
ISBN: 1400063191
Hardcover
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“Before I turn 67, I would like to have a lot of sex with a
man I like.” This inspired personal ad from Jane Juska drew
tremendous response and swept the retired teacher into a
whirlwind existence she barely recognized as her own. She
relayed her fun and frank exploits in the bestseller A
Round-Heeled Woman. Now Juska continues her astonishing
story in this much anticipated new adventure. Five years after that fateful ad, Juska has become a friend
and confessor for women of all ages who confide in her their
poignant, tragic, or blissful stories– unaccompanied women
who are alone for now, but ever searching for intimacy. And
in spite of Juska’s own success, “unaccompanied” is a
description that applies to her as well. She’s still looking
for a man to keep her company–not a husband, not even a
partner, but simply the perfect lover, once described by
Katharine Hepburn as one who “lives nearby and visits often.” Unaccompanied Women embraces not only Juska’s continuing
explorations of Eros (note to fans: her younger lover,
Graham, is still on the scene) but also a blossoming
literary career that catapults her from San Francisco to New
York, London, and Paris. At book signings, earnest men place
themselves purposely at the end of the line in order to
engage her in private conversations, while women linger to
confess their own erotic longings and their experiences with
the good, the bad, and even the ugly. All the while, Juska
is coping with the unnerving possibility of losing her home,
a tiny cottage in Berkeley, California–and so her search
broadens and intensifies, not just for love, friendship, and
sex but also for enough money to keep a roof over her head. Jane Juska shares all this richness of living in a poignant
and humorous exploration of emotional terrain rarely
discussed in our society. This wise and warmhearted book
provides vivid evidence that the pursuit of pleasure and
lasting relationships is not just for the young, but also
for the young at heart.
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