The Year That Changed My Life ; More Women Than Ever Are Finding Themselves Divorced and Alone in Middle-Age. But It Can Bring Unexpected New Pleasures - As This Fiftysomething Divorcee Discovered
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LAST year saw the biggest increase in divorce for two decades - with middle-aged couples in particular breaking up at record rates. Nearly two million people over 50 divorced between 1998 and 2000. But life does go on, sometimes bringing unforeseen opportunities - as was the case for mother-ofthree Janine Voss. A former mayor of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, she felt she had lost her own identity after splitting from her wealthy businessman husband David.
Then, last New Year, she resolved to do something about it, and found herself in the middle of a great adventure.See the full content of this document
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The Year That Changed My Life ; More Women Than Ever Are Finding Themselves Divorced and Alone in Middle-Age. But It Can Bring Unexpected New Pleasures - As This Fiftysomething Divorcee Discovered
She talks to DIANA APPLEYARD
MY LIFE followed a traditional pattern.I was married to a businessman, lived in a large house, had three lovely children and was actively involved in local politics.On the surface, a perfect life. But beneath it all, I felt as if my identity had been lost, swallowed up in suburban dreams.If the truth be known, my husband was always the ambitious one, very driven to make...See the full content of this document
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