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Better Than I Ever Expected Paperback – December 13, 2005

by Joan Price (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars 163 ratings
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Better Than I Ever Expected is a warm, witty, and honest book that contends with the challenges and celebrates the delights of older-life sexuality. It asserts that women over sixty are at the top of their game when it comes to enjoying sex. Joan Price’s woman-to-woman straight talk transcends the self-help style of other books in this field. Yes, there are challenges to sex after menopause and beyond, says Price, but there are also creative solutions. She is on a mission to let women her age and older know that they can, in fact, have the best sex of their lives.

Price gets personal and stays positive, combining her own story with candid comments, tips, and sassy tales from sexually seasoned women. She acknowledges the gritty issues that older women confront in their sexual lives, noting that it’s not easy, but it certainly isn’t over. At age 61, Price is newly engaged to the man she’s been looking for her whole life. Her discovery of how great "well-seasoned” sex can be was the inspiration for this book. Sidebars present candid and friendly sex tips; fitness, exercise, and lifestyle information; and women's erotic vignettes (both real-life experiences and fantasies).
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    December 13, 2005
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    5.5 x 0.71 x 8.5 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1580051529
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1580051521
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" [Joan Price] spices the book up with her own experiences." New York Times -- The New York Times

"Better Than I Ever Expected" gives older women advice on how to date and how to love." -- New York Newsday

"Price brings an upbeat tempo and infectious energy to this empowering and straightforward guide to sex for the older woman." -- Kirkus

About the Author

Author and speaker Joan Price calls herself an "advocate for ageless sexuality." She has been called other things by the media: "senior sexpert, "the beautiful face of senior sex," and -- her favorite -- "wrinkly sex kitten." At age sixty-one, Price wrote Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty (Seal Press, 2006) to celebrate the delights of older-life sexuality -- especially her spicy love affair with artist Robert Rice, who became her husband. Later, after questions and comments from hundreds of readers about their own senior sex lives, she is following up with Naked at Our Age.

Formerly a high school English teacher, Price is also a fitness professional who believes that exercise should be a treat, not a treatment. She has written several books about health and fitness, including The Anytime, Anywhere Exercise Book: 300+ Quick and Easy Exercises You Can Do Whenever You Want. Price teaches popular contemporary line dancing classes (which she calls "the most fun you can have with both feet on the floor") in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa, California.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seal Press; Reprint edition (December 13, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 281 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580051529
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580051521
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.71 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 out of 5 stars 163 ratings

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I am a senior sex author, speaker, and advocate for ageless sexuality. My books include:

* Sex after Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality after Losing Your Beloved (coming Summer 2019);

* The Ultimate Guide to Sex After 50: How to Maintain – or Regain! – a Spicy, Satisfying Sex Life;

* Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex – winner of Outstanding Self-Help Book 2012 from American Society of Journalists and Authors and 2012 Book Award from American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists;

* Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty;

* Ageless Erotica: a steamy erotica anthology by authors age 50+

* The Anytime, Anywhere Exercise Book: 300+ Quick and Easy Exercises You Can Do Whenever You Want!

Please visit my website at http://www.joanprice.com and my zesty blog about sex and aging at http://www.NakedAtOurAge.com/. For news, views, and events related to senior sex and relationships, subscribe at http://eepurl.com/cx2Nab.

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Customers find the book informative and honest, with one customer specifically mentioning the inclusion of responses, while another notes it is well-suited for its target age group.

"Reading the book, I found some useful products, advice and techniques to use. Things my gynecologist never shared. Worth the money!" Read more

"...Sensual Life (Kindle only), a book I absolutely adored for its humor, wisdom, the breadth of the topics covered and the inspiration it gave me to..." Read more

"Somewhat informative. Nothing earth shaking." Read more

"...It was good to have different points of view and so much honesty. I didn't know a book like this existed and I'm so glad I came across it." Read more

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"...I found the author's personal story, her joie de vivre, her direct facing of the realities of making love with an aging body both refreshing and..." Read more

"I read this book cover to cover and loved every minute of it. It was good to have different points of view and so much honesty...." Read more

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"Very good book on the subject of sex over 60. Of course, as a sexually active 62 year old man, I already know the subject inside out, so to speak...." Read more

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"Reading the book, I found some useful products, advice and techniques to use. Things my gynecologist never shared. Worth the money!" Read more

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  • Denise Y. Mondon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good information
    Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020
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    Reading the book, I found some useful products, advice and techniques to use. Things my gynecologist never shared. Worth the money!
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  • Bronte22
    4.0 out of 5 stars I Recommended This to My Under 60 Friend
    Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2012
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    This morning, I finished reading Better Than I Ever Expected and was telling a friend about it. She asked, "Do you recommend it?" Yes! Here's what I like about this book. I found the author's personal story, her joie de vivre, her direct facing of the realities of making love with an aging body both refreshing and inspiring. By interweaving her story through the various chapter topics and providing the comments of other women on those same topics ... from finding a lover to using sex toys ... we get to see how much company we have at this time of life. I met things in the words of these women that I have pondered or struggled with in my own life and realized that however unique we are and however different our life paths have been, we are all sisters under the skin with bodies going through the same changes. Very reassuring. And at this time in our cultural history when sex is so controversial and often under attack, it's wonderful to find books that see sex as a normal, healthy part of life ... something necessary for one's health and well-being, whatever form it takes for each of us.

    Which reminds me, I've also recently finished reading Being French! A Frenchman's Guide to a More Sensual Life (Kindle only), a book I absolutely adored for its humor, wisdom, the breadth of the topics covered and the inspiration it gave me to lead a more sensual life, and I have to say that Better Than I Ever Expected was a fine companion read.

    I would add, however, that the first part of the book is overall better written than the end, that sometimes the formatting in Kindle got a bit confusing ... with author narrative stopping and a new section of quotes or a side bar from another expert ... and then the narrative picking up again. My sense is that this is an issue with the Kindle edition and as the author intends to reissue the book, that should be cleared up in a later edition. Sometimes there was an extra space mid-word that was only a little distracting. Again, Kindle formatting.

    But those little things aside, this book is definitely worth it for the sweet love story Joan Price shares, for the way it gives voice and guidance to women embracing sex in later life, and for the the great collection of resources she assembles at the end of the book. I've already ordered a book she recommended. And I plan to take part in her next survey. (Details on that in the book.) And honestly, this is a book I wish I had had in my 40s. If you're younger than 60, don't hesitate to read it. You'll learn so much, and your after 60 sex life will be better for it.
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  • Rose Langbert
    3.0 out of 5 stars So-So.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2018
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    Somewhat informative. Nothing earth shaking.
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  • Sally McCoy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very open and honest.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2015
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    I read this book cover to cover and loved every minute of it. It was good to have different points of view and so much honesty. I didn't know a book like this existed and I'm so glad I came across it.
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  • Asleep on beach
    1.0 out of 5 stars Left liberal book did not help.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2010
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    If a person is very very liberal, this book may not be troublesome for that person. I tend to be conservative, so I did have trouble with this book. I was just about to turn 60 when I ordered this book. I was worried about my age, etc. I didn't need to worry about that, or anything else. Some experts say that late middle-age ends at 70 years old. Example: "Late Middle Age: (Ages 55 to 70). For other experts that age may be later on. This book did not help me. I feel that some of this book goes against God's will.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Better than we expected.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017
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    It really was better than we expected. There were a lot of good tips on where to look for things of interest.
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  • Rocky W. Latham
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
    Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025
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    This was one of my greatest purchases.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Go Joan!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2017
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    Found Joan's podcasts first. Now that i'll turn 60 next year this is really good info. aooperative partner is the key, however
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  • Cwmtaff
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very enjoyable, informative and satisfying reading --- Much better than I ever expected.
    Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2014
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    I am a 78 year old, very happily married man and I read this mainly to understand how my wife and other women view sex, especially us older folk. I read some of this to my wife (who is quite shy when it comes to this topic) and I was surprised by how much better I performed and how very much better my wife enjoyed our next experience.----Every man should read this book and others like it.
    A very good book about how women see sex especially older women. I enjoyed most of it and although the style was different to what is normal for this kind of book I found it very refreshing.
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  • Audrey S.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun & interesting, but my copy has super annoying whole page misprints
    Reviewed in Canada on February 15, 2023
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    I started to read and enjoy my copy, but quickly realized there are many many badly misprinted pages. I've asked for a replacement to be sent, but I'm guessing it will be just as garbled, because it's probably the whole print run. Amazon, please discard the misprinted copies. If you can't supply legible copies, remove from your inventory. VERY DISAPPOINTING
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    Audrey S.
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Fun & interesting, but my copy has super annoying whole page misprints

    Reviewed in Canada on February 15, 2023
    I started to read and enjoy my copy, but quickly realized there are many many badly misprinted pages. I've asked for a replacement to be sent, but I'm guessing it will be just as garbled, because it's probably the whole print run. Amazon, please discard the misprinted copies. If you can't supply legible copies, remove from your inventory. VERY DISAPPOINTING
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