Making the best of what's left when we're too old to get the chairs reupholstered
A witty and poignant exploration of the joys and sorrows of life's twilight years- one that leaves us laughing, pondering, and grateful for the moments we have left. In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, Judith Viorst now writes about life's 'Final Fifth,' those who are eighty to one h...
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2025.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a About this book: A valentine for the extremely married -- Home: Our sensible safe retirement community -- Old: Losing it -- What's left: Grow old along with me and my home health aide -- A little while: Stop being dead -- Counting the dead: What else I remember -- Afterward: An afterlife -- Happiness: Getting out the vote -- Loneliness: A Jewish widow's country-western love song -- Community: Princess Margaret, Pearl Harbor, "daffodils," etc. -- Wisdom: Prescription. | |
| 520 | |a A witty and poignant exploration of the joys and sorrows of life's twilight years- one that leaves us laughing, pondering, and grateful for the moments we have left. In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, Judith Viorst now writes about life's 'Final Fifth,' those who are eighty to one hundred years old. Her signature blend of humor and vulnerability infuses personal anecdotes and observations, drawing you into her world of memories and candid conversations. | ||
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