Midlife Mavericks chronicles a new trend–unmarried American and Canadian women building better lives for themselves in Mexico’s beautiful Lake Chapala villages. Cozy up on a comfortable couch and share a margarita with successful women who have found an alternative to high-stress careers. Sip a glass of wine with empty-nesters seeking adventure and drink a glass of ice tea with retirees living in comfort on just their Social Security or disability income. You’ll laugh and cry with these gutsy gringas as they journey from unfulfilled yearnings towards answers each woman must ultimately discover for herself.
Editorial Reviews:
Reviewed by Teresa Kendrick for Mexconnect.com
In her first non-fiction book, Midlife Mavericks, author Karen Blue presents the stories of nineteen American and Canadian women who left their countries, families, and cultural roles to begin new lives in Mexico.
In elegantly framed vignettes, unmarried women in the second halves of their lives are gently seduced by the author to reveal the whispered heartbreaks, deep dissatisfactions, lusty machisma, and unapologetic wanderlust that drove them southward and inward into what was for them uncharted territory. ….Read More
Reviewed by Lorena Havens for Peoples Guide to Mexico
Mexico’s foreign retirement communities might seem an unlikely setting for a great adventure story, but in Midlife Mavericks, Ajijic author Karen Blue reminds us that courage comes in many forms. Through a highly readable series of face-to-face interviews, Blue chronicles the stories of sixteen “Indiana Joans…ordinary women who have made extraordinary choices.” In fact, the adventures this book relates are just on the leading edge of a growing movement: single women moving to Mexico, overcoming their fears of the unknown and discarding old beliefs in search of new dreams. ….Read More
Reviewed by Lynne Doyle for Mexicofile.com
This is an interesting book, written by a very interesting woman. It’s certainly not for everyone – men probably wouldn’t find it fascinating – but for the right readers, it’s got a lot to say.
In 1996, at the age of 52, Karen Blue was a divorced Silicon Valley executive with grown children, wondering “Is this all there is to my life?” Through a series of events, she found herself moving to Ajijic, a village on the north shore of Lake Chapala, about an hour south of Guadalajara. Soon after her arrival, she joined a local writers’ group and began to write her story. After she read the first chapter to her group, someone suggested that she interview other women and include their stories as well. She found immediate contributors and the rest, as they say, is history. ….Read More
Reviewed by Allan Cogan for Mexconnect.com
As one who has written articles about travelling and living in Mexico, hardly a week goes by without e-mail queries arriving from various parts of the U.S. and Canada. People have read my articles and they have questions. The questions are invariably about finding houses, about rentals, about living expenses, about safety and security, etc., etc.. About all the aspects that are discussed at length here. From now on when I receive such queries I’m going to recommend “Midlife Mavericks” simply because it contains so much valuable information about day-to-day living in this country for people of any sex. In my humble opinion, It’s an extremely useful volume for anyone contemplating moving here. ….Read More
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