Jan Curran was a columnist and feature writer for the Contra Costa Times during the 1970s, worked as a publicist and advertising executive in the early 1980s, and began writing for Palm Springs Life magazine in 1985. She also was a feature writer and columnist for The Desert Sun and became their last, full-time society editor in 1988, a position she held until 1996, though she continued to write for the newspaper in the years that followed. She died in 2010. Curran was the mother of four children, including New York Times bestselling authors Lee Goldberg and Tod Goldberg.
Jan Curran, a vivacious socialite and newspaper reporter, reluctantly moves into an Active Senior Living complex to recuperate from a brutal battle with cancer. She tackles the surprises and challenges of her new life with warmth, wit, and courage, meeting a colorful cast of unforgettable characters in an often hilarious yet profoundly moving story of friendship and hope.
This warm, funny and truthful book is one to reach for in the middle of the night when he knows and she knows the relationship isn’t working. Anyone who has ever had to pick up the pieces after it’s over and begin again will love this breezy, witty, and yet serious guide to surviving the ups and downs of coupling and uncoupling.