In the Dragon's Wake Asian historical fiction by Paul Selinger

Paul Selinger, Author and and Artist, Sonoma 2007

Reviews For 'Men Surviving
Menopause'

In Brief, Michael Castleman, the highly respected author of ten popular books on health and self-care:
"...Engaging, informative and well-written. Bravo."

by Pat Holt, Holt Uncensored
MEN SURVIVING MENOPAUSE: You and the Woman You Love at Mid-life by Paul
Selinger (iUniverse; 109 pages; $10.95 paperback).
This Sonoma (Calif.) author says he's been in "two long-term, loving, committed relationships" with women who've gone through menopause...and in a chatty and informative manner, he describes what he thinks other men oughta know.

Selinger is a natural writer - he's amusing and erudite about everything from hormone replacement and osteoporosis to enhancing intimacy, and his thoughts on bringing a little tenderness to the present relationship are refreshing:

"If you do not feel comfortable touching her unless it is a prelude to sex," he writes, "you will have to get over it if you want to close the distance between yourself and your mate. First, let's think about some easy stuff, like walking holding hands from the car to the movie theater or restaurant. Okay, some of us don't even do that ..."

Welcome and thanks for visiting my site. Here you will find selections from my recent books,the Asian Trilogy "In the Dragon's Wake".

I've been working and traveling in Asia for over thirty years. The "Trilogy" is a story of one family's struggle for liberation against Japanese and Western Imperialism in Korea and China over three generations. Each book has its own voice and perspective, and gender.

I hope you enjoy my site and let me know what you think.

Thanks again, Paul Selinger

He wrote this book because there's nothing like it ‘out there,’ he says, and I think if the book were published by a mainstream house, there would be no question - independents would buy it in quantity.”

Review by former San Francisco Chronicle book editor and critic Pat Holt in Holt Uncensored #208, January 16, 2001. Holt Uncensored is an online column about books and the book industry.

Trigrams review:

"I've rarely found the female point of view convincingly communicated by a male writer. Paul Selinger not only convinces us that we are reading from a female perspective, but that we are reading from a mid-century Asian female perspective as well...this is no small feat. The story is compelling in itself, and Selinger's direct and unassuming literary style allow us to be drawn into a tale that transcends the horrific circumstances of its setting. We become intimate with Ai-Li and involved with her family history in a way that leaves us wanting more of the beginning and certainly more of the end. This book was a great read."