Review
"Heralded as one of the most important women's books for a decade. Every now and again, a woman's book comes along that promises to change our thinking forever. Helen Gurley Brown, Germaine Greer, Marilyn French. Now it is the turn of Jill Shaw Ruddock to shake us all up and ask new questions about our lives. A guaranteed best seller"--The Lady
"There is nothing airy fairy about the woman proclaiming the 'fourth wave of feminism'. Her energy and idealism make a formidable combination. If anyone can persuade others that old is to be celebrated it is Jill Shaw Ruddock."--Cassandra Jardine, The Telegraph
"{Ruddock]... has just written a ground-breaking book called, The Second Half of Your Life. Hugely liberating, empowering and transforming.”--Joy Orpen Kanter, The Sunday Independent
"The script for those fruitful years between 50 and 96 needed to be written. My only criticism? That I hadn't written it myself."--Christa D'Souza, Mail on Sunday
"Nora Ephron published I Feel Bad About My Neck, but a new book The Second Half of Your Life, is not a memoir but a self help book aimed squarely at women like me whose ovaries no longer function. Hugely ambitious. We need a book like this"--Mrs Moneypenny, Financial Times
"The Ruddock dynamo has definitely set something in motion. I say to Ruddock,bring on the granny boomers."--The Sunday Times
"The Second Half of Your Life - part self help manual and part scientific treatise. She's great on financial advice and inspiring on her unrelenting optimism on behalf of older women."--Alison Roberts, The Evening Standard
"Inspirational."--Victoria Lambert, Women and Home
"Good news for women. Jill Shaw Ruddock writes an upbeat menopause manual."--The Jewish Chronicle
Book Description
Product Description
Whoever you are at this moment, you have a choice. You can believe menopause signals the end or you can make a few small changes to finally become the person you always thought you could be.
In her groundbreaking book, Jill Shaw Ruddock offers answers to the questions women think and care about at this time of their life. ‘The change’ is not just physical but cerebral as well. Although a woman can no longer create life, this is the time when she can give birth to herself.
Drawing on her extensive experience, research and interviews, Jill Shaw Ruddock scrutinises what could be holding you back and provides practical, hands-on advice on how to harness the new-found focus that menopause brings. From money to the mind, dating to divorce, exercise to eating and separation to self-expression, Ruddock’s inspiring book sets out a game plan to prepare and guide you to make the second half of your life the best half.
All royalties generated from sales of The Second Half of Your Life go to The Second Half Foundation(reg no 1141988). This charity has been created by the author to build integrated social and health cares centres in the UK to bring to life the author's "Five a Day". The first centre will open in North Kensington in 2012. It has been selected as The Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea's charity for 2011- 2012.
About the Author
Jill Shaw Ruddock grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. She was educated in inner-city state schools before getting a degree in Politics from Bowdoin College (class of 1977) in Brunswick, Maine. She then moved to New York City and worked in advertising and, later, in publishing for Inc. magazine and The Atlantic Monthly.
In 1983, Jill moved to London to co-head the consulting firm of The Government Research Corporation. In 1985, she joined the US investment bank Alex Brown & Sons and became the Managing Director of their London office in 1994.
In 1999, she retired from finance and became involved in the theatre world, fundraising and sitting on the main boards of The Donmar Warehouse and The Mousetrap Theatre Projects. She was also a trustee of Bowdoin College for ten years. Jill is married with two teenage daughters and lives in London. This is her first book publication.
All author proceeds go to The Second Half of Your Life Foundation.
