THE JUICY TOMATOES GUIDE TO RIPE LIVING AFTER 50

“The Juicy Tomatoes Guide to Ripe Living After 50 gives you a girl’s night out without leaving your favorite reading chair-or bubble bath.”

-Jeanie Linders, writer and producer of Menopause: The Musical, founder of Aging Out Loud

“I laughed out loud, recognizing so many of my own internalized myths about the aging process. What a relief to realize that there are so many gutsy and brave women over fifty who have turned life’s detours and challenges into grand opportunities through their amazing resourcefulness and creativity.”

-Molly Murphy McGregor, executive director and the co-founder of the National Women’s History Project

” I’ve realized that not only am I juicy AND ripe, I’ve been marinating long enough! No more excuses! I’m gonna get out there and LIVE! “

-Dee Adams, creator of Minnie Pauz

” Start at the beginning or dive into the middle. Take this book on vacation, and by the end you may decide to run for political office, ditch your job or move to a foreign country.”

-Sara Peyton, Book People Columnist, Santa Rosa Press Democrat

“I spied the tomato-red cover on my editor’s desk. I took one look at the title and dashed off a note, pleading to be the one to pluck it. Then I lugged it to bed every night for a week, peering over my reading glasses to take in every word.”

-Barbara Mahany, Chicago Tribune

JUICY TOMATOES: Plain Truths, Dumb Lies and Sisterly Advice About Life After 50

The Original Juicy Tomatoes title was published in 2000 and re-issued in 2006 with a companion look-alike cover

Reviewers called it:

“A support group in print form for - well, hormonally compatible women.”

- Chicago-Sun Times.

“Swartz delivers the message with humor and yet knows which topics need serious attention such as health issues that come with advancing age.”

- The Arizona Republic

JUICY TOMATOES: THE PLAY
Written by Mollie Boice with Susan Swartz. Premiered 2000, Actor’s Theatre, Santa Rosa

“Hilarity and wisdom blend in tell-all conversations about thriving after that certain age and about how so many of the negative stereotypes just aren’t true.” - The Oregonian

OTHER BOOKS

Goodbye Good Girl: Letting Go of the Rules and Taking Back Your Self
With Eileen M. Clegg
New Harbinger, 1998 ORDER

Claiming Your Creative Self:True Stories from the Everyday Lives of Women
With Eileen M. Clegg, Meg McConahey and Deborah Sweitzer
New Harbinger, 1999 ORDER

ANTHOLOGIES

Jasmine Nights and Monkey Pluck: Love, Discovery and Tea
Floreant Press, 2002 ORDER

Saltwater, Sweetwater: Women Write from California’s North Coast
Floreant Press, 1998 ORDER

Cartwheels on the Faultline: Works by 27 Sonoma County Women
Floreant Press, 1996 ORDER