Daring to Date Again - by Ann Anderson Evans (Paperback)

About the Book

Ann has two kids, two careers, two divorces, a pile of friends and sings soprano in the church choir. But after twelve years single, she is sick of celibacy. She s been through enough to know that marriage is not what she was brought up to expect, and that love can be slippery and uncertain. With a re-awakened libido and a longing for adventure, she steps outside her comfort zone embarking on a boundary-pushing, soul-searching journey into the world of online dating. Ranging from Montclair, New Jersey to Harare, Zimbabwe, Daring to Date Again: A Picaresque Memoir is a compelling, often racy memoir of one woman s late-life adventures with sex and dating in the modern world. As she rollicks (and bawls) her way through dozens of relationships, Evans tackles some touchy topics with humor and insight: the morality of dating married men, whether women over sixty should consider having children, what age difference is too much, and more. Daring, frank, and a little bit nutty, Daring to Date Again is a story about what happens when a lonely, sex-starved sixty-year-old woman decides to put herself on the market again but on her own terms."

Book Synopsis

- Arranging and promoting readings/events in conjunction with other authors. Some are already arranged. - Proposing a panel at the Tucson Book Fair in March 2015. - In the process of recording an audio book. - Have hired a book publicist to pitch to national print (for reviews, interviews, and mentions) and to national and NY TV and pursue national, NY, and regional radio, plus local radio for telephone interviews. - Blog and Facebook page already established; will continue to focus on social media outreach - Have trips to Austria, Italy, California, and Arizona booked; and will attempt to arrange events in each location. - Creating a Daring to Date cookie.

Review Quotes

"...funny and introspective, filled with compassion and written without an ounce of affectation or disingenuousness.... Her explorations are illuminating. They're also a kick, with a surprisingly uplifting effect. A candid, breezy memoir that may inspire even the most dating-averse."
-Kirkus Reviews

"A wise, witty memoir about a woman of a certain age who boldly and unapologetically seeks-and finds sexual adventure, and surprises herself by discovering love in the process."
-Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train

"Women of any age will fi nd inspiration in Ann Anderson Evans' compelling tale of romantic adventure and self-reinvention. Want to know how not to act old? Live as if your story can still have the happiest of endings."
-Pamela Redmond Satran, author of New York Times bestseller How Not To Act Old

"Daring to Date Again is a lively, witty, achingly honest, well-crafted account of one woman's emergence from twelve years of celibacy to become a sexual enthusiast in her sixties. You'll laugh-and sometimes worry!-as Ann jumps into bed with her Mr. Right-for-the- Moment parade. She wears her heart on her sleeve-or she wears nothing at all-and we share her adventures."
-Joan Price, author of Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex
"Ann Anderson Evans details how a sophisticated lady of the Internet era opens doors to serious relationships [This is] a manual for sexy, smart people of a certain age, of either sex."
-Ford Burkhart, Pulitzer Prize Winner, former editor at The New York Times

"Daring to Date Again: A Memoir is a sassy internet dating memoir with an attitude. ... One doesn't expect wit along with the wisdom, but it's there. What's also unexpected is the spirit of adventure in a sixty-something who is willing to travel halfway across the world to Zimbabwe to meet an internet contact-but it's there, too. Most surprising of all is the quest for sexuality in older years: something few dating books even discuss. The result is best viewed as a rollicking train ride that leads to a few wrecks, excitement, and a lot of fun."
-D. Donovan, Sr. eBook Reviewer, Midwest Book Review