Making the best of what's left : when we're too old to get the chairs reupholstered / Judith Viorst.
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Details
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Description
- 174 pages ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-172).
- Contents
- 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 -- Epilogue -- A few endnotes -- Acknowledgments.
- Summary
- "From the bestselling author Judith Viorst comes 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 has captivated readers with her bestselling children's books and collections of poetry reflecting on each decade of life. Now in her nineties, Viorst 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. She confesses, "I never ever send a text while driving, and not just because I don't know how to text." She discusses the afterlife (She doesn't believe in it, but if it exists, she hopes her sister-in-law isn't there). She complains to her dead husband ("I need you fixing our damn circuit breakers. I need you! Could you please stop being dead?"). And she explores the late-life meanings of wisdom and happiness and second chances and home. With a wit that defies age, Viorst navigates the terrain of loss. It's a poignant dance between grief and levity that will resonate with those in their Final Fifth as well as anyone who has parents, relatives, or friends in their eighties and beyond. This is Judith Viorst at her best"-- Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Older people.
- Older people -- Conduct of life.
- Old age.
- Old age -- Psychological aspects.
- Aging.
- Aging -- Psychological aspects.
- old age.
- Added Title
- Making the best of what is left
- ISBN
- 166806801X (hardcover)
- 9781668068014 (hardcover)