It's been said that the next sexual revolution will most likely be led by retired people. If so, then I think this wonderful book may well become its "La Marseillaise."The book's message is more universal than its title indicates. De Hennezel's work on the psychology and sexology of aging has been widely hailed in Europe. But so far American audiences have been slow to react. Perhaps that will change now, especially since "A Frenchwoman's Guide to Sex After Sixty" was reviewed recently in The New York Times Book Review by Judith Newman -- who wrote that the book, or more precisely the attitude towards life and lovemaking that it embodies, "is its own form of botox."I couldn't agree more.You have to be a bit patient with it, though. Unlike your typical American self-help writer, who'll put all their biggest strawberries right at the top of the basket, de Hennezel reveals herself slowly. The book doesn't really hit its stride until page 81, when it serves up its choicest fruit -- "A Different Kind of Sexuality." De Hennezel wisely steps aside and lets the "sexagenarians" she meets tell their own stories -- in delicious detail -- of discovering new ways to make love that are less driven by lust, and more perhaps by an impulse towards deep communion.The book is published by Greystone Books -- which seems to be on a roll this year, since this year they're also launching Dr Lori Brotto's long-awaited "Better Sex Through Mindfulness." De Hennezel's book can be read as a series of accounts by elderly couples who've discovered the mindfulness-sex connection on their own.The book's themes also evoke Canadian sex researcher Peggy Kleinplatz' work on what "extraordinary lovers" can teach us about embodied erotic connection. Like De Hennezel, Kleinplatz has observed that people in their 6th, 7th, and 8th decades and beyond often have a unique perspective on lovemaking -- one perhaps colored by an awareness of transience and mortality. (As Kleinplatz once said many years ago when I told her I had no idea what she was talking about, "You're not old enough yet.")In my opinion, the most interesting thing in the book is the effect it can have on you after putting it down. "By their fruits shall ye know them," said Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. I believe this is a book full of fruitful rewards for any couple wondering about the sexual possibilities of mature love.