Category: Non-fiction
Rights: All rights available
In a world that often makes older women invisible, The Second Spring turns its gaze inward to the rich emotional landscape of women in their sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties.
The book begins with a personal turning point: the author’s reckoning with the sudden death of her parents and the long shadow it cast on her own understanding of aging. From there, it moves into a series of intimate portraits of Indian women (family, friends, and strangers) whose lives reveal the true inner work of growing older.
We meet a sister who rebuilt her life with insight and humour after a long period of mental illness, and three sharp, purposeful nonagenarians whose resilience defies all expectation. These women’s stories illuminate recurring themes of loss, the changing relationship with the body, the longing to be seen, and the quiet creativity of those who keep reinventing their lives.
The Second Spring is not a guide, but a deeply felt companion for any woman who has poured herself into others and is now ready to reclaim her own life. It is a powerful celebration of a season that has its own profound beauty.
The author: Rugmani Prabhakar