BOOK REVIEW

WINNING THE AGE GAME

Review By: Linda Davis (TX-8-D)

WINNING THE AGE GAME by Gloria Heidi

1976 A & W Visual Library 345 pages, paperback, $4.95

If ever a book was written unknowingly for TV's, this is it. The authoress contends that as a woman grows older, she begins to forget those aspects of femininity and appearance that once came naturally, and that there is no real reason for that to happen. She explains what it takes to become the "Ageless Woman." Some excerpts:

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the 'Middle Age Matron' wears outfits of colors that haven't been around for years. She has trouble shopping for everything: clothes, shoes, accessories. "They' keep changing styles just to annoy her. She has to hunt and hunt to find the out-of-fashion things she's used to. The Ageless Woman asks, 'what's new?'. She knows the difference between real fashion and fads, and uses both to her advantage. She window shops the latest fads at I. Magnin, then copies them at Penney's for a lot less and looks almost the same. She doesn't care if fad items last forever, so why pay for quality she can't see? She doesn't have to be a dedicated clothes horse to follow the trends. She just reads two magazines

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