Now That I'm Fifty

Pages: 145. Back of the BookFifty! Half a century of your life has vanished, leaving only patches of memory, some brightly colored and joyous, others just blurred images. Now that Im Fifty is a collection of stories about women at the 50 milestone. Some are looking back, wondering what to do about their spreading behinds; others are getting ready to fly out into the dangerous world, leaving their safe and secure homes. These stories are about journeys that begin at fifty, either within oneself or without, in the big bad world. One woman deals with a broken marriage by learning how to salsa, another begins seeing things, while a third finds a new friendship with a stranger in a garden and cannot stop herself from thinking the unthinkable. A holiday in Thailand goes shockingly wrong; a sudden death gives a new lease of life. Ordinary, everyday things are different when youre fifty and time is running out. Here are stories about women at fifty, not young but not old, either! About the AuthorBulbul Sharma, best-selling writer, painter, birdwatcher and maker of woodcuts, is the author of the enormously popular My Sainted Aunts, The Perfect Woman, The Anger of Aborigines, and books on birds and trees for children. She teaches art to children with special needs and is a columnist with various newspapers. . Now That Im Fifty /1 Afterlife /9 Salsa at Fifty /22 Strangers in the Park I33 Birthday Surprise /53 Should She or Shouldnt She? /72 Her Own True Place /91 The Pink Velvet Dressing Gown /103 Meeras Marriage /110 Freedom at Fifty I121 Fifty Phobia I133