{"product_id":"fifty-first-dates-after-fifty-a-memoir-9781647422110","title":"Fifty First Dates After Fifty: A Memoir","description":"What does a free-spirited, fifty-something professional do when she breaks up with her non-committal boyfriend and longs for a life partner? She challenges herself to go on fifty first dates, promises herself steamy sex along the way, and voila, finding Mr. Right becomes a sexy dating project! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of 10 awards in the areas of relationships, sexuality, women's issues, and memoir, \u003ci\u003eFifty First Dates after Fifty: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates female sexuality and offers an uplifting and inspirational view of dating as an enjoyable journey of self-discovery and self-love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the world of personal growth workshops and spiritual ceremonies, Carolyn Lee Arnold transforms her quest for love into a sensual adventure as she searches for a man who matches her spirit. Navigating the highs and lows of dating, she avoids settling for the wrong guy, discovers the type of man she wants, reconciles a love of independence and sex with her desire for commitment and emotional connection, and finds the unique partner for her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErotic in places, funny in others, this upbeat memoir about a successful search for a partner in midlife provides an entertaining smorgasbord of dating ideas for any woman searching for her own Mr. Right. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArnold, Carolyn Lee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Carolyn Lee Arnold drew upon her thirty years as a social science researcher and ten years as a relationship workshop assistant to create the dating project in \u003ci\u003eFifty First Dates after Fifty\u003c\/i\u003e. A native Californian from Los Angeles with a New England education, Carolyn found her true home in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she prepared for dating and life by attending spiritual ceremonies, working in free clinics, leading women's backpacking trips, hiking the local green hills, identifying as a lesbian-feminist in the 1970s and '80s, and earning graduate degrees in women's studies, statistics, and educational research. \u003ci\u003eFifty First Dates after Fifty\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book, and excerpts have been published in \u003ci\u003ePersimmon Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside In Literary \u0026amp; Travel Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Human Awareness Institute's \u003ci\u003eEnlighten Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. An excerpt from her second memoir, about her lesbian-feminist years, has been published in \u003ci\u003eNoyo River Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Still a feminist, she lives in the Bay Area with her partner, one of her fifty dates. For more information, including dating resources, visit carolynleearnold.com.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50511542124818,"sku":"9781647422110","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6a6a612-7735-45b5-b193-dbad8cc6243b.jpg?v=1730947135","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fifty-first-dates-after-fifty-a-memoir-9781647422110","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}