Loris and Lucy, the characters of our book, are women well advanced in their post-menopausal years. They are certainly not paragons of virtue but they try. They are an amalgam of the authors’ life experiences and those of their friends and the wider circle of female humanity.
Raema and I are sisters in our sixties. We started putting the idea for this
book - Loris & Lucy's Later Life Guide - together when we were
in our fifties because there was little information, particularly in a single
book, on this later stage of our lives. We decided to create one book that
was a helpful guide to women in later life.
By 'later life' we mean that chasm that stretches out before us in our mid
fifties. When each of us asks the question, 'What do I do now?' 'Where can
I get help?' 'Where can I find someone to talk to about this?' 'Why do I feel
like this?' By now the marriage/ partnership/ baby-making/ career/ job thing
is well and truly done and here we are - perhaps a little delicate but hardly
ready to give up the ghost.
Loris and Lucy were created to shed some light on this stage of life - its challenges and its rewards. We wanted the characters to be funny and some readers may find them silly and ridiculous. But at this age Loris and Lucy make no excuses for their behaviour. That's who they are and if it helps them to spread wellbeing messages, then let it rip!
We'd love to think you're enjoying a laugh while reading Loris and Lucy's guide and working on your health and lifestyle strategies.
Finally and most importantly -
Our sincere thanks and gratitude to all the health professionals who provided their professional expertise - the backbone of the book.
We could not have produced Loris & Lucy's Later Life Guide without them.