Laugh and cry with gutsy gringas as you accompany them to Mexico on an armchair excursion. Leaving everything familiar behind and moving to another country is a difficult decision at any age. For these ordinary women, aged 40 to 81, it is an extraordinary choice. Their stories, like colorful Huichol Indian tapestries, are woven together with threads of adventure, spirit and self-actualization. At each journey's beginning is an unfulfilled yearning. At every story's end is an answer each woman must discover for herself.
The author, after giving up her own successful career and moving to Mexico at age fifty-two, became intrigued with other women's reasons for moving here alone. In hundreds of discussions and thirty-five interviews around the Lake Chapala/Ajijic area of Mexico, she uncovered intriguing questions and surprising answers.
For some, this journey has been a transformation from indulgence and apathy to altruism and abundance; for others, a road to self-discovery; and for the rest, a solution for living their remaining years with dignity.
The joys, hardships and personal triumphs of these women will resonate in your hearts. In Mexico, these North American women have found more than a village, they have discovered community, joie de vivre and a way of life that nurtures and sustains them.
