How We Love Now—Women Talk About Intimacy After 50

Where do we find the relationships that matter in our second adulthood? The answers will surprise and inspire you.

Today, women in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are defining a totally new love narrative. Whether they are already experiencing intimacy—and great sex!—or longing to, these women are discovering unparalleled freedom and joy. Continuing Suzanne Braun Levine’s ongoing conversation with women in Second Adulthood, How We Love Now draws on her interviews with women across the country. Some are finding new relationships—with younger men, other women, or rediscovered childhood sweethearts—while others are enriching longstanding ones. (Of course, the Internet has opened up a new world of opportunities.) Their funny, heart-wrenching, and inspiring stories prove that this pioneering generation of women is continuing to take risks—and enjoying life more than ever.

Suzanne Braun Levine is the author of Inventing the Rest of Our Lives and Fifty is the New Fifty. She was the first editor of Ms. magazine and was also an editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. She is currently a contributing editor at More magazine. She has two grown children and lives with her husband in New York City.