Sex in Our 70s by Sheldon A Louis tells the story of Ben and Cat over a six-year stretch in their late 60’s and early 70s. They have known one another on and off for over 20 years but with her third husband, Cat moves into the house right next to Ben and his wife. Over the next 20 years

By the time most people reach their seventies, they have become experts at living with certainty. They know who they are. They know what their routines look like. They know which dreams were fulfilled and which quietly slipped away. More importantly, they have learned to make peace with

For more than forty years, Ben built his life around one simple belief: everything could be understood. As a neuroscientist, he devoted his career to studying the human mind. He explored how memories

here is a quiet assumption many people begin carrying as they grow older. It rarely arrives all at once. Instead, it settles in gradually, almost unnoticed. One day, you stop imagining that life might surprise you. You stop expecting to meet someone who changes everything. You begin believing

For generations, we've been told a story about desire. It peaks when we're young. It gradually fades with age. By the time we reach our sixties or seventies, companionship replaces passion, romance becomes routine and physical intimacy quietly slips into the background.

Most heroines spend part of their story discovering who they are. Cat already knows. That is what makes her so unforgettable. When readers first meet Cat in Sheldon A. Louis's Sex in Our 70s, they are introduced to a woman