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21–38| CULTURE WATCH
FOR CLUED-IN WOMEN
Brooke Smith of Grey’s Anatomy gets
real about her sex life. Plus, three
must-watch movies, our poet laureate’s
obsession with dictionaries, how to
unload your house online, Toni Morrison’s
latest novel-as-time-machine, and
shopping and eating your way through
Manhattan (in just 40 hours)
style/beauty
41 | COMING UP CLUTCH
This season’s au courant handheld isn’t
an iPod, but it’s loaded with style
42 | A WOMAN OF
S T YLE AND SUBS TANCE
Top off your Josie Natori lingerie
with the designer’s new Asian-inspired
ready-to-wear collection
44 | TRENDS YOU SHOULD TRY
Add sophisticated sparkle and shine
to your holiday wardrobe
46 | FASHION FOR GROWN-UPS
Clothes that banish bulges and fake
a flat stomach BY CHARLA KRUPP
51 | THIS IS WHAT 44 LOOKS LIKE
52 | MIDLIFE MAKEUP MASTERY
Ditch droop and wake up wilted eyelids
56 | BEAUTY NEWS
Revive your summer glow with luminous fall makeup. Plus, serious help for
dry skin and a new Thai-inspired scent
from Jo Malone
work/money
59 | SECOND ACTS
A former nurse applies intensive care
to designing women-friendly golf clothes
BY PATTI GRECO
64 | BUYING HEALTH
INSURANCE JUST GOT EASIER
Full coverage for a non-freakout price
BY JEAN CHATZKY
70 | SUCCESS CAN BE SWEET
Three chocoholics turn their cravings
into moneymaking businesses
BY LAURA FRASER
attitude
76 | COMING TO TERMS
WITH THE NEEDLE
Terrified her son would die from
addiction, JUDY KIRKWOOD sought her
own quick fix for emotional pain
82 | I WAS YOU
When she met hippies who brought back
her youth, MEREDITH MARAN was irked
at being the oldster—until she realized that
nothing beats the high of a happy adult-
hood (aching hip and all)
people/places
176 | FIRSTS AFTER 40
It’s curtains up for a midlife playwright
AS TOLD TO DARA PETTINELLI
body/mind
139 | SPECIAL REPORT:
BODY-MIND CONNECTION
Our nine-page guide has you covered
head to toe, with the breakthrough
benefits of bodywork therapy, the
emotional release of dance and the
anti-diet approach to staying slim
162 | THE ONE EXERCISE
MOTIVATION (THAT REALLY WORKS)
You’ll get physical, we promise
BY VIRGINIA SOLE-SMITH
164 | HEALTH NEWS
How to give your overactive bladder
a break; the “eat less, exercise more” link
in every issue
8 | EDITOR’S LETTER
10 | LETTERS
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