100 Is the New 50: How 10 Fabulous Women Made It (or Almost Have) to 100 Healthy

Inspirational . . . Amazing . . . Upbeat . . . This book provides a lighthearted look at what went right for ten extraordinary women.

Women who have made it to their 90's-or even to 100, and beyond-in good health and with buoyant spirits, have something to teach us. This book celebrates the lives of ten women whose varied paths to fabulous longevity provide clues for the rest of us on how to age successfully.

Meet ten fabulous women-some famous and some less well known-who "didn't get the memo" on aging, and decided to stay fit and fabulous. 100 Is the New 50 will introduce you to Dorothy Custer, who did a stand-up routine on The Tonight Show at age 100; actress Marsha Hunt, who remains a radiant beauty at 97; Dodi Patterson who knits 250 caps a year for needy kids at 104; "Cat" Reddoch who walks a mile each day to get her burger fix at McDonald's at 100; Harriette Thompson who broke a marathon world record at age 91; Sister Esther Boor who took up ceramics at age 97; and Jeanne Calment who lived to 122 and claimed, "I've never had but one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it."