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Contents:

• Introduction
  
  
• Chapter 1: Seeding the Future
  
  The end of a relationship
  Working through grief and hurt
  Moving on: the first steps forward
  A way forward
  
  
• Chapter 2: Regeneration
  
  Coping alone
  Establishing new directions
  Re-learning independence
  New structures, other lives
  
  
• Chapter 3: Greening the Gap
  
  Re-entering relationships
  The business of meeting others
  What to do and where to go
  Signalling interest
  Nothing ventured, nothing gained
  A vibrant mid-life singles scene
  
  
• Chapter 4: Recycling: Once Is Not Enough
  
  Mid-life 'dating'
  Dealing with emotional baggage
  Accommodations
  Falling in love again: towards commitment
  
  
• Chapter 5: Nurturing New Growth - Sex
  
  Attitudes and expectations
  Health considerations
  Safe sex Contraception
  Mid-life sex: vibrant and satisfying
  
  
• Chapter 6: Nurturing New Growth - The Human Chain
  
  Complex ties of love and blood
  Children 'What right have you got to tell me what to do?'
  Parents and extended family
  Friends Work colleagues
  Previous partners
  Pets: 'Love me, love my dog'
  Crammed with experience
  
  
• Chapter 7: Restructuring the Environment
  
  Relationship choices
  Practical matters
  Sharing the load
  Independence and new skills
  Careers and work: A management issue
  The name game: Mr and Mrs/Ms X, Y and Z
  The rest of our lives
  
  
• Chapter 8: Sustainability for Keeps
  
  A shared future Marriage
  The ultimate commitment?
  The decision to remarry
  Ceremonies and celebrations
  Factors preventing long-term commitment
  Reasons for second-time-round failure
  Making commitment work
  Second time success
  
  
• Chapter 9: The Reconditioned Heart
  
  So, what have we learned?
  Fully recycled
  
  
• Sources
• Further Reading
• Acknowledgements
  
  Copyright © 2000 Coral Atkinson and Paula Wagemaker

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