Jane Ganahl's Books
May.12.2009
“This collection of essays shows that writers know plenty about love: how it works, when it works, when it doesn’t, and why it’s not always the be-all and end-all of a woman’s emotional life. Growing older solo is fraught with challenges -- but also with opportunities.”
—Hartford Courant
This timely book assembles a chorus of sophisticated, edgy, and humorous voices on the topic...
Feb.01.2007
The jungle of midlife dating has found an intrepid new explorer in Jane Ganahl. Beginning with the launch of her San Francisco Chronicle column, Single Minded, and ending with her fiftieth birthday, Naked on the Page covers one frenzied year in a smart, social, but definitely middle-aged woman’s life. It’s a year of changes, both social and professional, complicated by hormonal...
Sep.29.2005
In Single Woman of a Certain Age, Jane Ganahl assembles a chorus of sophisticated and witty voices for this revealing anthology about flying solo in midlife. Joyce Maynard and Dakota Cassidy try online hookups, Debra Ginsberg brings up the M-word, Cameron Tuttle goes on a date (with herself), Susan Griffin finds joy in solitude, and Rachel Toor finally finds companionship—the four-...
About Jane
Jane Ganahl has been a journalist, editor, author, consultant and community organizer in San Francisco for twenty-five years. She is the author of the novelized memoir, Naked on the Page: the Misadventures of My Unmarried Midlife (Viking), which has been...