For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance

Publisher Marketing: For Keeps is an inspirational collection by top women writers on their relationships with their bodies. It explores with awe and intelligence the surprises and challenges of our bodies--whether caused by illness, aging, injury, or life circumstances--that make us rethink the way we see ourselves, and even live our lives. These empowering essays reveal the journeys women take as they age and change in ways both good and bad. Sandra Benitez shares her struggles with illness over thirty years before finally and thrillingly exchanging pain and suffering for an ilesotomy bag. Kate Maloy reflects on the way her ex-husband's illness provided an epiphany about living life to its fullest. Liza Nelson writes about how her mastectomy allowed her to finally divorce the breasts she'd always loathed. Each unique story in this collection brings the reader closer to understanding her relationship with her own body--both physical and emotional. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 10/15/2007 pg. 53 (EAN 9781580052047, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Zackheim, Victoria Victoria Zackheim is the author of the novel "The Bone Weaver" and editor of five anthologies, the most recent being "Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death". Her screenplay, "Maidstone", is in development, as is her play, "Entangled. "She writes documentary films and teaches creative nonfiction/personal essay in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. Victoria is a 2010 San Francisco Library Laureate. She lives in San Francisco, California.