Naked at the Helm

At age thirty-nine Suzanne Spector found herself looking at what conventional 1950s thinking had brought her. Yes she was a wife mother of three and successful school director. But she was also neglected in a sexless marriage and feeling and as if the passion and juice of life had passed her by. <p/> She began with two questions: <i>Who am I really?</i> and <i>Is it too late ?</i> <p/> After divorcing her husband Suzanne set out to discover who she was as an independent woman with curiosity questions and lust for life. Tracing more than four decades of self-discovery and intellectual spiritual and creative exploration <i>Naked at The Helm</i> is Spector's story of becoming the captain of her own ship in midlife. Her adventurous journey led her from a nude beach on Ibiza at forty-one to a Siberian banya at fifty-five to a hot love affair at eighty. Her intellectual quest meanwhile led to a second career as director of a world-renowned psychology center while deep friendships with women including her daughters sustained and nourished her through decades of global travel. <p/> These probably would not be the tales your mother or grandmother would tell about her life but this eighty-six-year old's ebullient memoir of the second half of her life will move you to weave some rich new yarns into the tapestry of your own story. And no it's not too late.