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As Time Goes By: Boomerang Marriages, Serial Spouses, Throwback Couples, and Other Romantic Adventures in an ...
Abigail Trafford

Basic Books, 2009

People today are living longer and healthier lives than at any other time in history?with profound implications for the nature of their romantic relationships. In this inspiring new book, best-selling author Abigail Trafford describes how people over fifty are rewriting the script of love and in the process redefining the institution of marriage for future generations. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of men and women, married and single, gay ...

Crazy Time : Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life, Revised Edition

63 reviews
Abigail Trafford, 1992

A very helpful book
I read many books when I was struggling through my divorce, but this is the only one that I have recommended to anyone else. I found it so dead on in describing what it feels like to go through a divorce and so helpful in validating my experiences that I have given or recommended it to many of my friends in their divorces. I particularly found the concept of "the end of love and the ...

My Time: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life

9 reviews
Abigail Trafford, 2004

Highly Recommended!
Abigail Trafford's compassionate guide to the post-retirement years is a fascinating collection of personal stories, mixed with a healthy dose of sociological and scientific findings. Her research into what she calls "the Bonus Decades" began when she found new meaning in her life after age 50. As she talked with hundreds of members of her generation, or "My Timers," Trafford uncovered a quiet ...

My Time: Making the Most of the Bonus Decades After 50

5 reviews
Abigail Trafford, 2005

Excellent book on what to do next
I'm turning 50 this year - this is the BEST book to read about the subject. She has great ideas on how to make your "bonus decades" (years after 50) better than your first 50 years! Very inspiring and insightful. I'm going to buy it as a birthday gift for all my friends that are turning 50.