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A gloriously illustrated celebration of female beauty over 40 and an empowering handbook to aging happily and well
“You become what you see. The most powerful way of inspiring people is with images. With pictures, you can move people to pursue their dreams. What you pay attention to and what you see regularly determine what you believe. My goal with AndBloom is to motivate women to embrace life without fear. To provide examples of women between the age of 40 and, currently, 96 years, so that any woman can open this book and see themselves recognized.” – Denise Boomkens
Denise Boomkens launched the AndBloom project on Instagram in 2018, to create a ‘happy place for women over 40’ – a community where women can be themselves and where aging is celebrated instead of feared. In this, her first book, she shares her own experiences of aging and brings together portraits and interviews with 100 extraordinary ordinary women to create both a gloriously illustrated celebration of female beauty over 40 and an empowering handbook to aging happily. In the words of David Bowie, ‘aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley (October 5, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1784727555
ISBN-13 : 978-1784727550
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 7.4 x 1.2 x 10.3 inches
OAW –
These women are too young to be âagingâ !
These women are too young to be considered âagingâ! Iâm returning this. My life started at 40! (Iâm now 53, for the record.) A book on aging with models who are 40 seems silly. 40 is the new 30, anyway. I love this concept but was disappointed to see so few older women in this book.
Morales –
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I love this book because it addresses growing older (40+) in a positive light and explores the lives of a diverse group of women who really own their life and have a fantastic sense of style and great words of wisdom to share. Very lovely book and the author, who is also a portrait photographer and shot all of the portraits in the books of many fantastic ladies, has a fabulous AndBloom instagram account for a daily dose of over 40 empowerment. Wonderful book, Denise!
Marion –
Denise Boomkens really knows how to portray women! It is a relief that age, size, grey hair, wrinkles donât matter at all, because we are in fact all super models. Every woman in the book has her own story and they are so inspirational. Denise connects women from all over the world with her AndBloom project. This book is not just a coffee table book, itâs a book worth reading. ð¸ðð¸
Rachel Lankester –
Such a beautiful book and so inspiring. Lovely to see so many different and empowering visions of how women age. Beauty is ageless and this book proves that. Thank you!
zuuper –
This was an awesome read! Every 40+ should have a read. I cannot wait for Book 2!. Gave me a different perspective to ageing gracefully.