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This is a really great book. I found it to be really easy to read, with real gems of wisdom. Each chapter has some great examples and then a summary and some things to think about. It covers a wide variety of topics, gives really useful advice, is very thought provoking, and has really made me think about ways I can change and things I can think about now I am over 50.
Thank you NetGalley for a free copy.

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Life expectancy in the UK is increasing, yet we still live in an ageist society. Rebecca Ronane aims to subvert these prejudices and reverse the expectations surrounding getting older. She knows that women over fifty, with their accumulated life experience and knowledge, are a force to be reckoned with. Her book, Forward After 50, is aimed at women seeking to reinvent themselves as retirement looms and the children fly the nest. This is the time, Ronane, argues, to explore new opportunities and to chase the dreams that have been sitting on the back-burner for years. But it all starts with unlearning what society dictates.
This book helps reframe ageing in the minds of women over 50 by offering insights into the ways they might be limiting themselves. It’s time, she argues, to rethink how we talk about ageing and to associate getting older with regeneration, rather than degeneration. The world, Ronane says, may not be prepared for a surge of healthy, innovative, passionate women, but they are here nonetheless!

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A reassuring read for those women who have started to feel invisible as they age! I liked the style of this book - plenty of information without judgement or condescension.

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Absolutely love this! More success stories need to be out their for ppl achieving there goals later in life.
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For fans of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before by Julie Smith and Living the Life More Fabulous by Tricia Cusden

Forward After 50 sets out to banish preconceptions about ageing by helping women discover their inner super-powers

Life expectancy in the UK is increasing, yet we still live in an ageist society. Rebecca Ronane aims to subvert these prejudices and reverse the expectations surrounding getting older. She knows that women over fifty, with their accumulated life experience and knowledge, are a force to be reckoned with. Her book, Forward After 50, is aimed at women seeking to reinvent themselves as retirement looms and the children fly the nest. This is the time, Ronane, argues, to explore new opportunities and to chase the dreams that have been sitting on the back-burner for years. But it all starts with unlearning what society dictates.

This book helps reframe ageing in the minds of women over 50 by offering insights into the ways they might be limiting themselves. It’s time, she argues, to rethink how we talk about ageing and to associate getting older with regeneration, rather than degeneration. The world, Ronane says, may not be prepared for a surge of healthy, innovative, passionate women, but they are here nonetheless!

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