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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 306.4613 EAN: 9780316166614 ISBN: 0316166618 Label: Little, Brown and Company Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: September 10, 2007 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Studio: Little, Brown and Company Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Anne Kreamer considered herself a youthful 49 until a photo of herself with her teenage daughter stopped her in her tracks. In one unguarded moment she saw herself for what she really was -- a middle-aged woman with her hair dyed much too harshly. In that one moment Kreamer realized that she wasn't fooling anyone about her age and decided it was time to get real and embrace a more authentic life. She set out for herself a program to let her hair become its true color, and along the way discovered her true self. Going Gray is Kreamer's exploration of that experience, and a frank, warm and funny investigation of aging as a female obsession. Through interviews, field experiments, and her own everywoman's chronicle, Kreamer probes the issues behind two of the biggest fears aging women face: Can I be sexually attractive as a gray-haired, middle-aged woman? and Will I be discriminated against in the work world? Her answers will surprise you. In searching for the balance between attractiveness and authenticity, Kreamer's journey of middle-aging illiminates in a friendly, useful, and entertaining way the politics and personal costs of this generation's definition of "aging gracefully. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Love this Book!I love this book! The author did a lot of really valuable research into a subject that so many of us baby boomer women are dealing with these days. In this book she gives convincing evidence that Going Gray may be the best decision a woman can make. As someone who NEVER saw any advantage to dying hair a dark color (especially after the age of 45) and seeing most people looking lifeless and older than ever with their hair colored dark, I especially appreciated the research she did on the online ... Read More Rating:  - Reviewing the book, not the concept and the book doesn't quite hit the markSome reviewers seem to be reviewing the concept of going gray rather than this book. What is called going gray is really much more--it is about going gray elegantly, beautifully. It is how you can go gray and still be current. Although I like the concept of going gray in general, I don't like this book, Going Gray. I thought the author made too much of her decision to go gray and how she would be perceived by others. This will sound harsh, but she seemed so shallowly focused on herself! ... Read More Rating:  - gray no panaceaGoing gray has its own issues: for many women, gray hairs grow all over the place AND one's own natural gray color may not always look great, so one winds up having to "color" the gray a nicer gray color so it does not appear too yellow for instance. Some people look washed out in gray. Color is a very personal decision. Rating: - Need an under 40 perspectiveI am ordering this book regardless of the fact that I do not see an under 40 review. I am 37 and have been going gray for at least 5 years now - not just the occasional one or two grays along your part - an all over gray especially the halo area. I hope this book offers some insight as I have been dying my hair for 8+ years in an attempt to cover my gray. I started early trying to cover the single gray strands. I feel I can no longer keep dying my hair as it is gray at the roots in a week after dying it ... Read More Rating: - Embracing who we truly areI'm 53 and stopped dying my hair around 6 years ago - it's become much thicker than when I was dying it, and is for the most part white. It's not uncommon for me to be stopped by strangers - men and women - who comment on how beautiful my hair is, and sometimes - most often men - will tell me how beautiful I am. Believe me, that never happened when I was coloring my hair! The process of embracing who we truly are allows our natural beauty to bloom. 
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