Flip-Flops After Fifty by Cindy Eastman

Flip-Flops After Fifty by Cindy Eastman

Flip-flops After 50 will amuse, enlighten, and provoke readers to think about the topics that affect all of us. Who hasn't dealt with the emotions from family events, stress from lousy jobs, or the bittersweet feelings when the kids leave home? Not to mention body image, high school reunions, and parenting. Eastman's conversational style and easy humor tackle the sublime and the ridiculous, the sacred and the profane. After a certain age - and it's no secret that it's 50 - Eastman argues that attitudes change for the better. Making decisions gets easier, although there's no guarantee that life does. Even so, her writing allows us to take a look at our own issues with the reassuring handholding of a confidante.

“Cindy Eastman’s Flip-Flops After 50 is as funny, warm, and inviting as its titleFilled with the kind of everyday humor that made Erma Bombeck everybody’s favorite columnist, Eastman’s wit and generosity reach out to embrace the reader. With every laugh, there’s a moment of recognition and a sense of camaraderie.”
—Dr. Gina Barreca, professor of English and feminist theory and author of It’s Not That I’m Bitter, or How I Stopped Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World

“Cindy Eastman’s honest, straight-talking wisdom evokes Margaret Young, who said, ‘You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.’ Heartwarming, humorous, and often inspirational, these essays will touch the spirit of every woman fortunate enough to turn fifty.”
—Jan Coffey, award-winning, best-selling author of Silent Waters

“With great insight, and a healthy dose of self-deprecating wit, Cindy Eastman’s prose sparkles. Reading her essays is like sharing coffee (or perhaps a Skinny Vanilla Latte) and great conversation with a friend, one who doesn’t pretend to have all the answers but rather finds joy in exploring life’s quirks and questions. Whether discussing fitness or parenting, love or loss, her words— equally rich in skill and sincerity—are moving and true. Flip-Flops After 50 delights.”
—Steven Parlato, author of The Namesake

Cindy Eastman's work is informed by her ability to be an observer as well as a participant in her life. ; With her dry sense of humor, she is able to address a variety of topical subjects and deliver an insightful analysis that's both provocative and amusing. Currently she coordinates a supervised visitation service with her husband in his counseling practice and facilitates diversity and anti-bullying trainings for the Anti-Defamation League. She also teaches a writing course for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the Waterbury campus of UConn. Eastman makes her home in Connecticut with her husband, Angelo, and their cat. She is working on a second book when not babysitting her grandson.

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ISBN 13	9781938314681
ISBN 10	1938314689
Title	Flip-Flops After Fifty
Author	Cindy Eastman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	She Writes Press
Year published	2014-05-22
Number of pages	200
Prizes	Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Humor) 2015
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