The Book Depository Prime Time by Jane Fonda
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Description: Prime Time : Paperback : Ebury Publishing : 9780091940072 : 0091940079 : 21 Jun 2012 : Combining stories from her own life and from the lives of others with new research, Jane Fonda explores how the critical years from 45 and 50, and especially from 60 and beyond, can be the time when you truly become the energetic, loving, fulfilled person you were meant to be. The Book Depository Prime Time by Jane Fonda - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780091940072
MPN: 0091940079
GTIN: 9780091940072
Author: ChloetheMum
Rating: 5
Review: I wish I'd read this book years ago! I'm not over stating things when I say it's my new bible. Most of us born in the 1950s (and before) grew up with the idea that once women reach the age of 60 or thereabouts, life is over, you're redundant, no point in looking after your appearance any more, and you become an invisible person just hanging around until you meet your demise - and creaking with aches and pains while you're at it! Ms Fonda points out that, thanks to modern medicine and a much better standard of living than our grandparents (maybe even parents) had, there's another stage sneaked into our lives. As our life expectancy has increased, we now have a section of 20 or 30 years which our grandparents didn't have. Ms Fonda suggests that we start this stage with a life review (which I had already started), ridding ourselves of burdens we no longer need to carry, such as issues/beliefs from our childhood, and actually sitting down to figure out who we are and what we want to do for the next couple of decades. Of course, for this you need to be fit enough, so she gives very good advice on keeping active, and looking after yourself. She is the best example of this, having had both knee and hip replacements - she's still doing exercises and going on long hikes! I found this book energising, exciting and very encouraging. it can give new life to all women of a 'certain age.'
Author: Mary Chats
Rating: 2
Review: The bulk of this book didn't really match the title, as it churned out endless quotes from experts, which makes it rather choppy, and if you really are a "Prime Timer" you have surely made most of the decisions on sleep , food and exercise over the decades we've read women's advice columns, including Jane's friend Oprah...So to have all this "eat your greens" stuff was a disappointment--one reads Joan Halifax sometime in our 40s or 50s, but by 60s and 70s we have an idea of meditation (if that's what we want), riding a bike or eating fewer calories (I wish writers would deal with counting carbs instead--a much more sustainable way to keep weight off). There were way too many family photos, which had not much to do with the content at all, so as I downloaded it and had to keep flipping pages to get past so much of what we already know or "stuff" that didn't concern us (family photos?). Perhaps this should be read by someone in their 30s? Good exercise tips for people who are sedentary or have limited movement, however. Exercise is indeed Jane's strong point.
