The award-winning authors of
Invisible No More are back with
another award-winning book!
Saving the Best for Last is the perfect book for self-reflection, book club study, or just plain fun. It is also the perfect gift for mothers, daughters, and friends.
“For these three brave women, life began at 50 years of age when they made a decision to be honest about themselves. Thankfully, they have shared their stories with us.”
- Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique, on Invisible No More: The Secret Lives of Women Over 50
National Awards
- iUniverse Editor’s Choice
- iUniverse Readers’ Choice
- ForeWord Magazine – Third Place in Mind/Spirit category
- Beach Festival Award – First Place in Self-Help category
…I have derived great comfort from reading about your experiences. I empathize with each of you for the losses you have suffered, and I applaud you for your honesty in revealing personal details about your lives. Your book has given me renewed hope that I can perceive this next chapter of my life in positive terms and to think of it as a new beginning instead of the end…
—A reader in Albuquerque, New MexicoI really enjoyed the [Red Tent] event… I loved the speakers – it takes a lot to hold my interest for 90 minutes – and they did! I enjoy all that introspective stuff so any of those kinds of speakers really appeals to me.
—Attendee in Columbia, MarylandWhat you shared touched each and every one of us, perhaps in different and singular ways, but always deeply. And yet for all the earnest and serious tone of the insight and wisdom you shared, there was also humor and, that most elusive of emotions, joy!
—Attendee in Bradenton, Florida
Read Renee’s original posts for babyboomers.com!
Some photos from the AARP Convention. Poor Stedman Graham hardly knew what hit him! Can you tell we had a blast?
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Life in the Boomer Lane by Renee Fisher
- What Baboons Can Tell Us About Aging and Singles Dances May 18, 2012But first, please check out The Byronic Man. Joel, the author, took time from his busy schedule of hilarity to feature me in his “20 Questions” series. If you like my answers to his questions, let me know. If not, I’ll change them for you. […]
- Finding the Perfect Swimsuit May 15, 2012Let’s start off with the following disclaimer: The title of this post is about as likely to occur as being asked by George Clooney to an all-you-can eat chocolate festival. Writing a piece about the horrors of swimsuit shopping is about as unique as writing about dieting. And, like dieting, it’s doomed to get really boring. […]
- Hillary Clinton: Face Off May 10, 2012Hillary Clinton, in an event generating even more negative feedback than her 1993 national health care debacle, has appeared in public with minimal makeup, glasses, and au natural hair. The shocking occurrence took place during an official event in Bangladesh, part of her current diplomatic tour throughout Asia. In an act that brazenly flaunted common [... […]
- The Language of Love May 8, 2012It is commonly assumed that the most powerful words in creating relationship consist of one of the following: “Oh my, yes, ooooooh.” “Hmmmm, baby, you taste so fine.” “You make me hot all over ohmygoddoesallthatbelongtoyou?!” Shockingly, this is not the case. James Pennebaker, a psychologist who studies the use of pronouns has determined that pronouns […]
- From Communes to Cohousing May 7, 2012For those Boomers who were too young in the hippie era to have grabbed their love beads, leapt into a VW van and headed to the nearest commune, or, for those Boomers who were intrigued with the idea of communes but not the reality, take heart: There is a housing revolution in the making, spearheaded […]
- Why I’d Rather Be 65 Than 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, or 55 May 3, 2012Age 5: I was Raggedy Ann to Neil Fishbein’s Raggedy Andy in the end-of-year school show. I loved Neil and he loved me. This would seem to set me up for a lifetime of bliss (talk about “getting old together”) but, the day ended tragically. My fake braids smeared my heavy white theatrical face paint […]
- Americans Can’t Afford Health Care (Except for Me) May 1, 2012Blogging has resulted in my drawing people to me with interesting proposals. Most of these involve an attempt to place various body parts into other body parts and would result in their incarceration if I took their offers seriously and notified the local constabulary. But then there are the real folks who ask me to […]
- CSI: Realtor Edition April 30, 2012Aside from being a hoarding therapist or a burglar, there is only one profession that allows one to enter the deepest recesses of other people’s homes with complete abandon. And, unlike the well-known hazards of the other two professions (being attacked by frenzied mammals or roaches/being sent to prison), there is little downside. That profession is Realt […]
- Angry Cow Disease April 27, 2012The recent identification of a Mad Cow in California is not to be taken lightly. Mad Cow Disease is frightening on several levels. But this writer knows squat about the intricacies of bovine spongiform encephalopathy so she will leave the big scientific stuff to the scientists. What she does know about is Angry Cow Disease, […]
- Tareq Salahi to Run for Governor of Virginia April 25, 2012Just when you thought it would be safe to turn on your TV after news of Newt Gingrich quitting the U.S. Republican presidential contest, Tareq Salahi has announced that he will be running for Virginia governor. Some of you may remember Salahi from November 2009, when he managed to sashay past White House security with his wife […]
Jean’s “Gray Matters” Radio Shows
- SPIRITUALITY MATTERS August 31, 2011This is my last show for WSLR. I'm taking a break to explore other new adventures. This really is a double show. The first half is an exploration, with friends Joanne and Gail, about spirituality. The second half is friends Joyce and Renee talking not about our books, but about what we learned from the adventures of writing and promoting our books. […]
- BALI MATTERS - Part 2 August 10, 2011This episode of Gray Matters is "Bali Matters: Part II." Your host, Jean Peelen, spent almost a month on the wonderful island of Bali. Although the beauty of Bali, the amazing artistry that is everywhere, the vibrant Hindu religion, and the sweetness of the people is entrancing, it also was clear that many people were poor and suffering on Bali. […]
- BALI MATTERS - PART I July 20, 2011I recently returned from three wonderful weeks on the island of Bali - only 26 hours away. Argh! There aren't words to tell how beautiful the island and the people of Bali are. Being there, around their culture, was beyond my experience. I talked for this show with two wonderful people: Wayan Amor, our driver, guide, and friend; and Nadya an America […]
- BRAVE NURSES MATTER May 24, 2011I've always thought that nurses were brave simply because they dealt with human beings, with all of our bodily yuckiness. But recently I talked with three retired nurses who truly were brave, in the sense that they struck out in the world in times when women just didn't do that. These women were some of the brave women who modeled for the rest of […]
- Dreaming of Music Matters April 6, 2011Andrea Ross Greene is a friend of mine. She left the east coast for sunny California to pursue her dream of singing and songwriting. She writes beautiful music and performs it for appreciative audiences. Andrea's music and rich voice have been used in independent films. Her songs capture experiences and emotions that connect immediately with the lis […]
- Waking Up and Shaking Up the Dreamer Inside February 20, 2011Last month I was asked to speak at a fund-raising brunch for the American Association of University Women. I spoke about waking up your vision for your life. This is a recording of that speech, with the addition of comments about the role of vision by co-authors and friends Renee Fisher and Joyce Kramer. Enjoy! […]
- Cruising Matters February 20, 2011This week's show was recorded aboard the Royal Caribbean ship The Monarch of the Seas. I went for a four-day cruise with my sister and her husband and had a wonderful time. I decided to take the time to interview both the Cruise Director and a passenger who seems to cruise non-stop. Hope you enjoy it. […]
- MONEY MATTERS January 23, 2011Money is what Matters on this week’s Gray Matters: Changing the Conversation About Aging. Money makes the world go around for sure and sometimes, as we age, money is a difficult subject for us. We come from a generation that never spoke about money—our own money—to others. For many of us money is more private than sex. Listen to Rebecca Mitchell who has […]
- ALTERNATIVE HOUSING MATTERS January 7, 2011As we age, we all think about how we will be living in the future. Our future. We all know about living alone and about living with our children and about living institutionally in independent or assisted living. So the question is: Are there any other choices? And the answer is: possibly. There is a national movement toward co-housing. Co-housing isn’ […]
- Alternative Doctors Matter December 28, 2010It is no secret that the system of medical care in this country is broken. Human contact, yes even friendship, between a doctor and his/her patients is a thing of the past. Insurance companies run the way medicine is practiced, and that is not a good thing. In this episode I talk with two doctors who gave up on the system. Both opened their own practice […]