Move Over Mrs. Robinson: the Vibrant Guide to Dating, Mating, and Relating for Women of a Certain Age

SALISBURY, WENDY & MAGGI RUSSELL. Move Over Mrs. Robinson: The Vibrant Guide to Dating, Mating, and Relating for Women of a Certain Age. Robson, dist. by Parkwest. Dec. 2004. c.214p. ISBN 1-86105-628-1. pap. $14. SELF-HELP

These veddy British journalists dare to explore “the horror of wrinkly sex.” Aging female readers looking for signposts and encouragement will be partially satisfied, but this is more like a pub crawl alongside an English girlfriend jawing on about everything to do with sex (including not having it). Frequent man-bashing confuses the unwritten goal of making “single sirens” feel better about needing men in the first place. Reminiscent of Barbara Herrick’s The Blackberry Tea Club: Women in Their Glory Years, this is of limited usefulness.

This review appeared in Library Journal 129.19, November 15, 2004 on page 76. The galley was shredded on January 11, 2012.

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