Christine Webbers schrijven duikt in de boeiende wereld van vrouwen van middelbare leeftijd, waarbij ze hun hoop, angsten, onzekerheden en opties onderzoekt. Haar vertelstem wordt gevormd door een diep inzicht in de vrouwelijke psyche, verfijnd door haar opleiding tot psychotherapeut. Webber benadert fictie met een scherp gevoel voor de realiteit, gedreven door een verlangen om geleerde levenslessen te fictionaliseren. Lezers zullen haar vermogen waarderen om persoonlijke inzichten te verweven in meeslepende verhalen.
Five friends in their fifties find themselves dealing with unforeseen upheaval as they uncover long-hidden and devastating family secrets. Meanwhile, the world around them seems to be spinning out of control. This is a novel about friendship, kindness and identity - and about how vital it is to reach for what enhances rather than depletes you.
TOO YOUNG TO GET OLD is a celebratory and informative book for the female 50 plus reader who wants to enjoy life to the full and to grow older in a very different way than previous generations. Lively, positive and inspirational, mixed with a little self help, a little nostalgia and an underpinning of psychology, Christine Webber's chapters include 'Keeping the good times rolling', 'If you've got it, flaunt it!' and 'Reinventing work, lifestyle and retirement', and she goes on to address head on topics such as sex and relationships, the importance of friendships, where to live, money, keeping the brain alert, health and anti-ageing claims.Here is a lively, honest, entertaining and informed guide to the most important information you need to know on how to live as well and as healthily as you can for as long as you can - and enjoy every minute of it!
A novel about the turbulence of mid-life and finding a new partner after a long marriage.
A searing and sensual novel set in London in the 1980s - a decade where we believed that anything was possible, and past traditions could be abandoned if unwanted. But, as the popular TV presenter and her cardiac surgeon lover discover, debts of honour in other cultures are not so readily forgotten.
A funny, bitter-sweet tale of one woman's long journey to find the person she always wanted to be.