Winter 2019-2020
LOOKING FOR AN UPLIFTING GIFT?
Twenty-six entertaining risk-taking stories in Women Going For It! Taking Risks After 50 are from women in Maine to California, Costa Rica to Kenya. Purchase via website WomenGoingForIt.com or order at your local bookstore from IngramSpark.
5 Star Amazon Review
“…An unusually rich collection… I especially liked seeing casual photos of the women and their birth years, which gave me an immediate way to relate. I recommend this to readers of any age…” —Mary T
NEWS ABOUT THE WOMEN IN MY BOOK:
May 2019—Finally met gracious and fun Teresa McLaughlin in Portland, Oregon. Fantastic to spend time with her in person!
July 2019—World traveler Eola Ball celebrated her 75th birthday with friends by flying low over the Maine coastline and her family’s North Star Island (foreground) in Damariscotta.
August 2019—Kidney donor Kim McFarlane and husband Blair (on left), enjoyed a fun Disney World vacation with donor recipient Thomas Adams and his wife Hillary.
RECENT AND UPCOMING BOOK TALKS:
Mon, Sept 23, 2019—The Sequoias, San Francisco. Women participants ranged in age from a 23-year-old staff member, to a 106-year-old resident.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 7:00-8:30 pm, Saratoga Springs Public Library, New York
Thurs, April 2, 2020, 1:00 pm, Rockport Garden Club, Rockport Opera House, Maine
Weds, April 8, 2020, 5:00-6:30 pm, Wiscasset Public Library, Maine
6-WORD MEMOIR:
“Every 20 years I reinvent myself.” —Wahana Vellutini, age 83, Oprah.com
GOOD TO KNOW!
“Comeback story: A new chapter for indie bookstores,”
Thomas Shults, 8.1.19, csmonitor.com
QUOTE:
“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” —Maya Angelou
HAPPILY READING:
I LOVE HEARING FROM READERS!
Share your 6-word memoirs, risk-taking stories, and thoughts with me on my website at WomenGoingForIt.com
THANK YOU!
Diana Coleman