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GRACEFULLY: LOOKING AND BEING YOUR BEST AT ANY AGE
By Valerie Ramsey and Heather Hummel
(McGraw-Hill, 2008)

[Gracefully] is heartfelt and admirably health conscious
—Publishers Weekly
Gracefully is simply wonderful!
—Christiane Northrup, MD
Heather Hummel is a very talented writer.
—John Aherne, McGraw Hill

GRACEFULLY: LOOKING AND BEING YOUR BEST AT ANY AGE (McGraw-Hill, 2008) by Valerie Ramsey with Heather Hummel won the Merit award in the Mature Media Awards. This is Heather Hummel’s second literary award in two weeks. Her other award was the 1st Honorable Mention in

Romance at the New York Book Festival.

VALERIE RAMSEY: “I went from baby bottles in my thirties, to a Blackberry in my fifties, to modeling a catwalk in my sixties,” says Valerie, world renowned model, successful corporate executive, and author of GRACEFULLY (McGraw Hill; May 3, 2008; $24.95 hardcover), co-written with her daughter Heather Hummel, and featuring a Foreword by ABC-TV All My Children actress Susan Lucci.

In Gracefully, Valerie shares her inspiring message—that women of all ages can reinvent themselves and continue to age with wisdom and grace. She shares her personal secrets to aging gracefully—inside and out. From nutrition to beauty, from career and family to exercise, from journaling to meditation, Valerie provides her readers with quality

advice in a warm and welcoming voice. Throughout Gracefully readers will also get to know Valerie by reading about her own unique life experiences.

A life-affirming message from a wise and welcoming expert, Valerie Ramsey’s Gracefully: Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age is sure to inspire women to lead their best lives.

Valerie Ramsey is also a highly sought-afterpromotional speaker and model. She is a regular key note speaker for the American Heart Association. As a model, she has graced runways, print ads, and television. Valerie’s television spots include three appearances on the Today Show. Visit: www.valerieramsey.com

HEATHER HUMMEL is an award winning author in both fiction and nonfiction. Her first published book, GRACEFULLY (McGraw-Hill) was coauthored with her mother, Valerie Ramsey. However, proving her talents as both a nonfiction and fiction writer, it was Hummel’s first novel, Through Hazel Eyes, which won 1st Honorable Mention of the 2009 New York Book Festival in the Romance category. A week later, she received word that Gracefully won the Merit award at the 2009 Mature Media Awards.

Heather Hummel has finished her second novel, The Universe is My Sugar Daddy. Visit: www.heatherhummel.net


GRACEFULLY:
Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age
By Valerie Ramsey, with Heather Hummel
McGraw Hill
Publication date: May 3, 2008
$24.95 Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-154623-2

THROUGH HAZEL EYES
By Heather Hummel
PathBinder Publishing
Publication date: October 10, 2008
$17.00 Paper Back
ISBN-13: 978-0977623