A Glorious Freedom
Older Women Leading Extraordinary Lives
Published on 3. October 2017
152 pages
978-1-4521-5621-7 (ISBN)
Description
The glory of growing older is the freedom to be more truly ourselves-with age we gain the liberty to pursue bold new endeavors and worry less about what other people think. In this richly illustrated volume, bestselling author and artist Lisa Congdon explores the power of women over the age of forty who are thriving and living life on their own terms. Profiles, interviews, and essays from women-including Vera Wang, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Julia Child, Cheryl Strayed, and many more-who've found creative fulfillment and accomplished great things in the second half of their lives are lavishly illustrated and hand-lettered in Congdon's signature style. The perfect gift for women of all ages, A Glorious Freedom celebrates extraordinary lives and redefines what it means to gain wisdom and maturity.
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Lisa Congdon is an author, illustrator, and fine artist. Her other books include Whatever You Are be a Good One; Art, Inc.; Fortune Favors the Brave; and The Joy of Swimming, also from Chronicle Books. She lives in Portland, Oregon. You can see more of her work at www.lisacongdon.com.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- "The Swell," an essay by Caroline Paul
- Profile of Beatrice Wood
- Interview with Jennifer Hayden
- Profile of Vera Wang
- Interview with Christy Turlington Burns
- Profile of Louise Bourgeois
- "Because Love Let Me Be," an essay by Jennifer Maerz
- Interview with Emily Kimball
- Profile of Sensei Keiko Fukuda
- "Roaring Over the Tiptoe," an essay by Heather Armstrong
- Interview with Stephanie Young
- Profile of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- "The Unexpected, Exhilarating Freedom of Being Single at 41," an essay by Glynnis MacNicol
- Profile of Minnie Pwerle
- Interview with Paola Gianturco
- Profile of Julia Child
- "True Roots," an essay by Ronnie Citron-Fink
- Profile of Mary Delany
- Interview with Cheryl Strayed
- Profile of Sister Madonna Buder
- Interview with Zoe Ghahremani
- "Girl, You Don't Know Nothing," an essay by Tara Rodden Robinson
- Profile of Carmen Herrera
- Interview with Fay Westenhofer
- Profile of Helen Gurley Brown
- Interview with Della Wells
- Profile of Angela Morley
- "When They Arrived," an essay by Shauna James Ahern
- Profile of Eva Zeisel
- Interview with Ilona Royce Smithkin
- Profile of Anna Arnold Hedgeman
- Interview with Debbie Millman
- Profile of Grandma Moses
- Interview with Dara Torres
- Profile of Katherine Johnson
- "Are You with Me?," an essay by Chrissy Loader
- Profile of Marguerite Duras
- Interview with Betty Reid Soskin
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Credits
- About the Author
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